diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index b0abddaf..20730fa3 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const log = @import("log.zig");
 const dump = @import("browser/dump.zig");
 
 const WebBotAuthConfig = @import("network/WebBotAuth.zig").Config;
+const mcp = @import("mcp.zig");
 
 pub const RunMode = enum {
     help,
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ pub const Serve = struct {
 
 pub const Mcp = struct {
     common: Common = .{},
+    version: mcp.Version = .default,
 };
 
 pub const DumpFormat = enum {
@@ -453,6 +455,12 @@ pub fn printUsageAndExit(self: *const Config, success: bool) void {
         \\Starts an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server over stdio
         \\Example: {s} mcp
         \\
+        \\Options:
+        \\--version
+        \\                Override the reported MCP version.
+        \\                Valid: 2024-11-05, 2025-03-26, 2025-06-18, 2025-11-25.
+        \\                Defaults to "2024-11-05".
+        \\
     ++ common_options ++
         \\
         \\version command
@@ -640,10 +648,22 @@ fn parseMcpArgs(
     allocator: Allocator,
     args: *std.process.ArgIterator,
 ) !Mcp {
-    var mcp: Mcp = .{};
+    var result: Mcp = .{};
 
     while (args.next()) |opt| {
-        if (try parseCommonArg(allocator, opt, args, &mcp.common)) {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "--version", opt)) {
+            const str = args.next() orelse {
+                log.fatal(.mcp, "missing argument value", .{ .arg = opt });
+                return error.InvalidArgument;
+            };
+            result.version = std.meta.stringToEnum(mcp.Version, str) orelse {
+                log.fatal(.mcp, "invalid protocol version", .{ .value = str });
+                return error.InvalidArgument;
+            };
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (try parseCommonArg(allocator, opt, args, &result.common)) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -651,7 +671,7 @@ fn parseMcpArgs(
         return error.UnkownOption;
     }
 
-    return mcp;
+    return result;
 }
 
 fn parseFetchArgs(
diff --git a/src/mcp.zig b/src/mcp.zig
index ca92206c..de013bc9 100644
--- a/src/mcp.zig
+++ b/src/mcp.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
 pub const protocol = @import("mcp/protocol.zig");
+pub const Version = protocol.Version;
 pub const router = @import("mcp/router.zig");
 pub const Server = @import("mcp/Server.zig");
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/Server.zig b/src/mcp/Server.zig
index ffba7396..a334bc38 100644
--- a/src/mcp/Server.zig
+++ b/src/mcp/Server.zig
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test "MCP.Server - Integration: synchronous smoke test" {
 
     try router.processRequests(server, &in_reader);
 
-    try testing.expectJson(.{ .jsonrpc = "2.0", .id = 1 }, out_alloc.writer.buffered());
+    try testing.expectJson(.{ .jsonrpc = "2.0", .id = 1, .result = .{ .protocolVersion = "2024-11-05" } }, out_alloc.writer.buffered());
 }
 
 test "MCP.Server - Integration: ping request returns an empty result" {
diff --git a/src/mcp/protocol.zig b/src/mcp/protocol.zig
index 1375cd00..02927278 100644
--- a/src/mcp/protocol.zig
+++ b/src/mcp/protocol.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+pub const Version = enum {
+    @"2024-11-05",
+    @"2025-03-26",
+    @"2025-06-18",
+    @"2025-11-25",
+
+    pub const default: Version = .@"2024-11-05";
+};
+
 pub const Request = struct {
     jsonrpc: []const u8 = "2.0",
     id: ?std.json.Value = null,
diff --git a/src/mcp/router.zig b/src/mcp/router.zig
index 02581776..63945947 100644
--- a/src/mcp/router.zig
+++ b/src/mcp/router.zig
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ pub fn handleMessage(server: *Server, arena: std.mem.Allocator, msg: []const u8)
 
 fn handleInitialize(server: *Server, req: protocol.Request) !void {
     const id = req.id orelse return;
-    const result = protocol.InitializeResult{
-        .protocolVersion = "2025-11-25",
+    const version: protocol.Version = switch (server.app.config.mode) {
+        .mcp => |opts| opts.version,
+        else => .default,
+    };
+    const result: protocol.InitializeResult = .{
+        .protocolVersion = @tagName(version),
         .capabilities = .{
             .resources = .{},
             .tools = .{},
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ test "MCP.router - handleMessage - synchronous unit tests" {
         \\{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test-client","version":"1.0.0"}}}
     );
     try testing.expectJson(
-        \\{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "result": { "capabilities": { "tools": {} } } }
+        \\{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "result": { "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05", "capabilities": { "tools": {} } } }
     , out_alloc.writer.buffered());
     out_alloc.writer.end = 0;