diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 1d302ece872..63d1942a640 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 2. At release time, you can move the Unreleased section changes into a new release version section.
 
 ### Added
-- for new features.
+- Updated the `HydeKernel` array representation to include the Hyde version in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1786
 
 ### Changed
 - for changes in existing functionality.
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/HydeKernel.php b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/HydeKernel.php
index f4b03de9cae..de7ab899b28 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/HydeKernel.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/HydeKernel.php
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public function hasFeature(Feature|string $feature): bool
     public function toArray(): array
     {
         return [
+            'version' => self::VERSION,
             'basePath' => $this->basePath,
             'sourceRoot' => $this->sourceRoot,
             'outputDirectory' => $this->outputDirectory,
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HydeKernelTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HydeKernelTest.php
index 117d455ff46..1d3bcfb54f1 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HydeKernelTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HydeKernelTest.php
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ public function testToArrayMethod()
     {
         // AssertSame cannot be used as features is reinstantiated on each call
         $this->assertEquals([
+            'version' => Hyde::version(),
             'basePath' => Hyde::getBasePath(),
             'sourceRoot' => Hyde::getSourceRoot(),
             'outputDirectory' => Hyde::getOutputDirectory(),