diff --git a/src/info/info.c b/src/info/info.c
index 426833188..1b5b2031f 100644
--- a/src/info/info.c
+++ b/src/info/info.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Object types
 struct Info
 {
     MemContext *memContext;                                         // Mem context
+    const String *backrestVersion;                                  // pgBackRest version
     const String *cipherPass;                                       // Cipher passphrase if set
 };
 
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ infoNew(const String *cipherPass)
 
         // Cipher used to encrypt/decrypt subsequent dependent files. Value may be NULL.
         this->cipherPass = strDup(cipherPass);
+        this->backrestVersion = STRDEF(PROJECT_VERSION);
     }
     MEM_CONTEXT_NEW_END();
 
@@ -209,6 +211,15 @@ infoLoadCallback(void *data, const String *section, const String *key, const Str
             if (jsonToUInt(value) != REPOSITORY_FORMAT)
                 THROW_FMT(FormatError, "expected format %d but found %d", REPOSITORY_FORMAT, cvtZToInt(strPtr(value)));
         }
+        // Store pgBackRest version
+        else if (strEq(key, INFO_KEY_VERSION_STR))
+        {
+            MEM_CONTEXT_BEGIN(loadData->info->memContext)
+            {
+                loadData->info->backrestVersion = jsonToStr(value);
+            }
+            MEM_CONTEXT_END();
+        }
         // Store checksum to be validated later
         else if (strEq(key, INFO_KEY_CHECKSUM_STR))
         {
@@ -451,6 +462,18 @@ infoCipherPass(const Info *this)
     FUNCTION_TEST_RETURN(this->cipherPass);
 }
 
+const String *
+infoBackrestVersion(const Info *this)
+{
+    FUNCTION_TEST_BEGIN();
+        FUNCTION_TEST_PARAM(INFO, this);
+    FUNCTION_TEST_END();
+
+    ASSERT(this != NULL);
+
+    FUNCTION_TEST_RETURN(this->backrestVersion);
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Load info file(s) and throw error for each attempt if none are successful
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/info/info.h b/src/info/info.h
index a41a3a1b8..5f3233396 100644
--- a/src/info/info.h
+++ b/src/info/info.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ void infoSaveValue(InfoSave *infoSaveData, const String *section, const String *
 Getters
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
 const String *infoCipherPass(const Info *this);
+const String *infoBackrestVersion(const Info *this);
 
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Helper functions
diff --git a/src/info/manifest.c b/src/info/manifest.c
index d1cb8c6e5..2d0b5d325 100644
--- a/src/info/manifest.c
+++ b/src/info/manifest.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ manifestNewLoad(IoRead *read)
         MEM_CONTEXT_END();
 
         this->info = infoNewLoad(read, manifestLoadCallback, &loadData);
+        this->data.backrestVersion = infoBackrestVersion(this->info);
 
         // Process file defaults
         for (unsigned int fileIdx = 0; fileIdx < manifestFileTotal(this); fileIdx++)
diff --git a/src/info/manifest.h b/src/info/manifest.h
index afe4bbf3d..93f55d9a6 100644
--- a/src/info/manifest.h
+++ b/src/info/manifest.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Manifest data
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
 typedef struct ManifestData
 {
+    const String *backrestVersion;                                  // pgBackRest version
+
     const String *backupLabel;                                      // Backup label (unique identifier for the backup)
     const String *backupLabelPrior;                                 // Backup label for backup this diff/incr is based on
     time_t backupTimestampCopyStart;                                // When did the file copy start?
diff --git a/test/src/module/info/infoTest.c b/test/src/module/info/infoTest.c
index ca2b0e78e..d8183f24e 100644
--- a/test/src/module/info/infoTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/info/infoTest.c
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ testRun(void)
             "[backrest]\n"
             "backrest-checksum=\"BOGUS\"\n"
             "backrest-format=5\n"
-            "backrest-version=\"2.17\"\n");
+            "backrest-version=\"2.17\"\n"
+            "bogus=\"BOGUS\"\n");
 
         TEST_ERROR(
             infoNewLoad(ioBufferReadNew(contentLoad), harnessInfoLoadNewCallback, callbackContent), ChecksumError,
-            "invalid checksum, actual 'a9e578459485db14eb1093809a7964832be2779a' but expected 'BOGUS'");
+            "invalid checksum, actual 'fe989a75dcf7a0261e57d210707c0db741462763' but expected 'BOGUS'");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(callbackContent), "", "    check callback content");
 
         // Crypto expected
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ testRun(void)
             infoNewLoad(ioBufferReadNew(contentLoad), harnessInfoLoadNewCallback, callbackContent), "info with content and cipher");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(callbackContent), "[c] key=1\n[d] key=1\n", "    check callback content");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(infoCipherPass(info)), "somepass", "    check cipher pass set");
+        TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(infoBackrestVersion(info)), PROJECT_VERSION, "    check backrest version");
 
         contentSave = bufNew(0);
 
diff --git a/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c b/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
index 5f61cd8e4..7000ff74d 100644
--- a/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ testRun(void)
             storagePutNP(storageNewWriteNP(storageTest, strNew(BACKUP_MANIFEST_FILE INFO_COPY_EXT)), content), "write copy");
         TEST_ASSIGN(manifest, manifestLoadFile(storageTest, STRDEF(BACKUP_MANIFEST_FILE), cipherTypeNone, NULL), "load copy");
         TEST_RESULT_UINT(manifestData(manifest)->pgSystemId, 1000000000000000094, "    check file loaded");
+        TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(manifestData(manifest)->backrestVersion), PROJECT_VERSION, "    check backrest version");
 
         storageRemoveP(storageTest, strNew(BACKUP_MANIFEST_FILE INFO_COPY_EXT), .errorOnMissing = true);