diff --git a/gradle/changelog/scm-core-version-logging.yaml b/gradle/changelog/scm-core-version-logging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..401b2fde3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/scm-core-version-logging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: added
+  description: The core version of the SCM-Manager gets logged at the beginning of the application lifecycle
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/BootstrapContextListener.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/BootstrapContextListener.java
index a23f0b42b2..71c16d0613 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/BootstrapContextListener.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/BootstrapContextListener.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class BootstrapContextListener extends GuiceServletContextListener {
   protected Injector getInjector() {
     ConfigurationResolver configurationResolver = new ConfigurationResolver();
     configureLoggers();
+    LOG.info("start scm-manager version {}", SCMContext.getContext().getVersion());
     Throwable startupError = SCMContext.getContext().getStartupError();
     if (startupError != null) {
       LOG.error("received unrecoverable error during startup", startupError);