diff --git a/InfoLib/GitInfo.cpp.in b/InfoLib/GitInfo.cpp.in
index aed88299924a2a4a9d67fb53a8f13003496d87f3..bb8568d9b22cea49eacdab46606d54f6bbbc365f 100644
--- a/InfoLib/GitInfo.cpp.in
+++ b/InfoLib/GitInfo.cpp.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace GitInfoLib
 
 namespace GitInfo
 {
+    const std::string OGS_VERSION = "OGS_VERSION";
     const std::string git_version_sha1_short("@GIT_SHA1_SHORT@");
     const std::string ogs_version("@OGS_VERSION@");
 }
diff --git a/InfoLib/GitInfo.h b/InfoLib/GitInfo.h
index a8f1f2a64029720c1ba204152958723d63dff44a..ddd35700cbffa4055caaf5ba8ed6899efbf39ec9 100644
--- a/InfoLib/GitInfo.h
+++ b/InfoLib/GitInfo.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace GitInfoLib
 
 namespace GitInfo
 {
+    extern GITINFOLIB_EXPORT std::string const OGS_VERSION;
     extern GITINFOLIB_EXPORT const std::string git_version_sha1_short;
     extern GITINFOLIB_EXPORT const std::string ogs_version;
 }  // namespace
diff --git a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
index da1d83bc77338536ff48aa11a59030dfe54502d6..113ae2e732614af6e7126816e5067adae384e1d0 100644
--- a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ogs_add_library(MeshLib ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     MeshLib
-    PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MathLib ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
+    PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib GitInfoLib MathLib ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
     PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
 
 if(OGS_USE_MPI AND TARGET MPI::MPI_CXX)
diff --git a/ProcessLib/Output/ProcessOutput.cpp b/ProcessLib/Output/ProcessOutput.cpp
index 85de2aab04cbaf44069c89b622bad5f256484090..7cde482d1c070e154eecc77fe5ed399b44a966a9 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/Output/ProcessOutput.cpp
+++ b/ProcessLib/Output/ProcessOutput.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 static void addOgsVersion(MeshLib::Mesh& mesh)
 {
     auto& ogs_version_field = *MeshLib::getOrCreateMeshProperty<char>(
-        mesh, "OGS_VERSION", MeshLib::MeshItemType::IntegrationPoint, 1);
+        mesh, GitInfoLib::GitInfo::OGS_VERSION, MeshLib::MeshItemType::IntegrationPoint, 1);
 
     ogs_version_field.assign(GitInfoLib::GitInfo::ogs_version.begin(),
                              GitInfoLib::GitInfo::ogs_version.end());