diff --git a/aio/content/guide/service-worker-devops.md b/aio/content/guide/service-worker-devops.md
index f216b253fa..d9f5d73968 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/service-worker-devops.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/service-worker-devops.md
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ is `ngsw/state`. Here is an example of this debug page's contents:
 ```
 NGSW Debug Info:
 
+Driver version: 13.3.7
 Driver state: NORMAL ((nominal))
 Latest manifest hash: eea7f5f464f90789b621170af5a569d6be077e5c
 Last update check: never
diff --git a/packages/service-worker/worker/src/debug.ts b/packages/service-worker/worker/src/debug.ts
index 20fa8b1199..80b4b575fd 100644
--- a/packages/service-worker/worker/src/debug.ts
+++ b/packages/service-worker/worker/src/debug.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import {Adapter} from './adapter';
 import {Debuggable, DebugLogger} from './api';
 
+const SW_VERSION = '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER';
 const DEBUG_LOG_BUFFER_SIZE = 100;
 
 interface DebugMessage {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export class DebugHandler implements DebugLogger {
 
     const msgState = `NGSW Debug Info:
 
+Driver version: ${SW_VERSION}
 Driver state: ${state.state} (${state.why})
 Latest manifest hash: ${state.latestHash || 'none'}
 Last update check: ${this.since(state.lastUpdateCheck)}`;
diff --git a/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts b/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
index 8abef97725..881f7159f7 100644
--- a/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
@@ -1237,19 +1237,19 @@ describe('Driver', () => {
   describe('serving ngsw/state', () => {
     it('should show debug info (when in NORMAL state)', async () => {
       expect(await makeRequest(scope, '/ngsw/state'))
-          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver state: NORMAL/);
+          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver version: .+\nDriver state: NORMAL/);
     });
 
     it('should show debug info (when in EXISTING_CLIENTS_ONLY state)', async () => {
       driver.state = DriverReadyState.EXISTING_CLIENTS_ONLY;
       expect(await makeRequest(scope, '/ngsw/state'))
-          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver state: EXISTING_CLIENTS_ONLY/);
+          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver version: .+\nDriver state: EXISTING_CLIENTS_ONLY/);
     });
 
     it('should show debug info (when in SAFE_MODE state)', async () => {
       driver.state = DriverReadyState.SAFE_MODE;
       expect(await makeRequest(scope, '/ngsw/state'))
-          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver state: SAFE_MODE/);
+          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver version: .+\nDriver state: SAFE_MODE/);
     });
 
     it('should show debug info when the scope is not root', async () => {
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ describe('Driver', () => {
       new Driver(newScope, newScope, new CacheDatabase(newScope, newScope));
 
       expect(await makeRequest(newScope, '/foo/bar/ngsw/state'))
-          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver state: NORMAL/);
+          .toMatch(/^NGSW Debug Info:\n\nDriver version: .+\nDriver state: NORMAL/);
     });
   });