diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 1f32c24ceef..55ab04d7f80 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ Optimizations
 * SOLR-9941: Clear the deletes lists at UpdateLog before replaying from log. This prevents redundantly pre-applying
   DBQs, during the log replay, to every update in the log as if the DBQs were out of order. (hossman, Ishan Chattopadhyaya)
 
+Other Changes
+----------------------
+* SOLR-9980: Expose configVersion in core admin status (Jessica Cheng Mallet via Tomás Fernández Löbbe)
+
 ==================  6.4.0 ==================
 
 Consult the LUCENE_CHANGES.txt file for additional, low level, changes in this release.
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/CoreAdminOperation.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/CoreAdminOperation.java
index 5836ed30807..af3af4dcfb9 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/CoreAdminOperation.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/CoreAdminOperation.java
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ enum CoreAdminOperation implements CoreAdminOp {
           info.add("uptime", core.getUptimeMs());
           if (cores.isZooKeeperAware()) {
             info.add("lastPublished", core.getCoreDescriptor().getCloudDescriptor().getLastPublished().toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+            info.add("configVersion", core.getSolrConfig().getZnodeVersion());
           }
           if (isIndexInfoNeeded) {
             RefCounted<SolrIndexSearcher> searcher = core.getSearcher();