diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/lib/index.js b/packages/eslint-scope/lib/index.js
index 85f8b510..808a7e46 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-scope/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-scope/lib/index.js
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import Referencer from "./referencer.js";
 import Reference from "./reference.js";
 import Variable from "./variable.js";
 
-import eslintScopeVersion from "./version.js";
-
 /**
  * Set the default options
  * @returns {Object} options
@@ -138,10 +136,10 @@ function analyze(tree, providedOptions) {
     return scopeManager;
 }
 
-export {
+/** @name module:escope.version */
+export const version = "9.0.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
-    /** @name module:escope.version */
-    eslintScopeVersion as version,
+export {
 
     /** @name module:escope.Reference */
     Reference,
diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/lib/version.js b/packages/eslint-scope/lib/version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e460f71..00000000
--- a/packages/eslint-scope/lib/version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Contains the current version number. This file is checked in
- * to source control and should always return "main". During the release
- * process, this file is overwritten with a new on that returns the actual
- * version number. The file with the actual version number is *not* checked
- * back into the repo. This is only necessary until Node.js supports import
- * assertions, at which time we can just import package.json for this info.
- * @author Nicholas C. Zakas
- */
-const version = "main";
-
-export default version;
diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/package.json b/packages/eslint-scope/package.json
index 764de6f1..f8ddf6a4 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-scope/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-scope/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rollup -c",
-    "build:update-version": "node tools/update-version.js",
-    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build:update-version && npm run build",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
     "test": "node Makefile.js test"
   },
diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/tests/commonjs.test.cjs b/packages/eslint-scope/tests/commonjs.test.cjs
index ccd4e4a2..2135e6eb 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-scope/tests/commonjs.test.cjs
+++ b/packages/eslint-scope/tests/commonjs.test.cjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 const assert = require("node:assert");
 const eslintScope = require("../dist/eslint-scope.cjs");
-
+const { version } = require("../package.json");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Tests
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ describe("commonjs", () => {
         assert.strictEqual(typeof eslintScope, "object");
     });
 
-    it("has exports", () => {
-        assert.strictEqual(typeof eslintScope.version, "string");
+    it("has version equal to the version in package.json", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(eslintScope.version, version);
+    });
 
+    it("has exports", () => {
         [
             "analyze",
             "Definition",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/tests/version.test.js b/packages/eslint-scope/tests/version.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52410ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-scope/tests/version.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Tests for version.
+ * @author Milos Djermanovic
+ */
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import * as eslintScope from "../lib/index.js";
+import packageJson from "../package.json" with { type: "json" };
+
+const { version } = packageJson;
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("version", () => {
+    it("should be equal to the version in package.json", () => {
+        expect(eslintScope.version).to.be.equal(version);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/eslint-scope/tools/update-version.js b/packages/eslint-scope/tools/update-version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f25f05e0..00000000
--- a/packages/eslint-scope/tools/update-version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Script to update lib/version.js to the value in package.json
- * @author Nicholas C. Zakas
- */
-
-import fs from "node:fs";
-
-/*
- * IMPORTANT: This must be run *before* Rollup so the built package will have
- * the correct version number exported.
- *
- * This is necessary because ESM can't import JSON files directly and we want
- * this value to be available in the browser as well as in Node.js.
- */
-
-const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./package.json", "utf8"));
-
-fs.writeFileSync("lib/version.js", `const version = "${pkg.version}";\n\nexport default version;\n`);
diff --git a/packages/espree/espree.js b/packages/espree/espree.js
index 15e0ce52..1f33c4a4 100644
--- a/packages/espree/espree.js
+++ b/packages/espree/espree.js
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 import * as acorn from "acorn";
 import jsx from "acorn-jsx";
 import espree from "./lib/espree.js";
-import espreeVersion from "./lib/version.js";
 import * as visitorKeys from "eslint-visitor-keys";
 import { getLatestEcmaVersion, getSupportedEcmaVersions } from "./lib/options.js";
 
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ export function parse(code, options) {
 // Public
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export const version = espreeVersion;
+export const version = "11.0.0"; // x-release-please-version
 export const name = "espree";
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
diff --git a/packages/espree/lib/version.js b/packages/espree/lib/version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7176acb0..00000000
--- a/packages/espree/lib/version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const version = "main";
-
-export default version;
diff --git a/packages/espree/package.json b/packages/espree/package.json
index cec64e59..5bbed446 100644
--- a/packages/espree/package.json
+++ b/packages/espree/package.json
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
     "build": "rollup -c rollup.config.js",
     "build:debug": "npm run build -- -m",
     "build:docs": "node tools/sync-docs.js",
-    "build:update-version": "node tools/update-version.js",
-    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build:update-version && npm run build",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
     "test": "npm run test:cjs && npm run test:esm",
     "test:cjs": "mocha --color --reporter progress --timeout 30000 \"tests/**/*.test.cjs\"",
diff --git a/packages/espree/tests/lib/commonjs.test.cjs b/packages/espree/tests/lib/commonjs.test.cjs
index 42e6560a..8ecdade6 100644
--- a/packages/espree/tests/lib/commonjs.test.cjs
+++ b/packages/espree/tests/lib/commonjs.test.cjs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 const assert = require("node:assert");
 const espree = require("../../dist/espree.cjs");
+const { version } = require("../../package.json");
 
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ describe("commonjs", () => {
         assert.strictEqual(typeof espree.tokenize, "function");
     });
 
-    it("has version", () => {
-        assert.strictEqual(typeof espree.version, "string");
+    it("has version equal to the version in package.json", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(espree.version, version);
     });
 
     it("has Syntax", () => {
diff --git a/packages/espree/tests/lib/version.test.js b/packages/espree/tests/lib/version.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70a2f9d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/espree/tests/lib/version.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Tests for version.
+ * @author Milos Djermanovic
+ */
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import * as espree from "../../espree.js";
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
+
+const { version } = packageJson;
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("version", () => {
+    it("should be equal to the version in package.json", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(espree.version, version);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/espree/tools/update-version.js b/packages/espree/tools/update-version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f25f05e0..00000000
--- a/packages/espree/tools/update-version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Script to update lib/version.js to the value in package.json
- * @author Nicholas C. Zakas
- */
-
-import fs from "node:fs";
-
-/*
- * IMPORTANT: This must be run *before* Rollup so the built package will have
- * the correct version number exported.
- *
- * This is necessary because ESM can't import JSON files directly and we want
- * this value to be available in the browser as well as in Node.js.
- */
-
-const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./package.json", "utf8"));
-
-fs.writeFileSync("lib/version.js", `const version = "${pkg.version}";\n\nexport default version;\n`);
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index d21c0155..72080e20 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "packages": {
     "packages/espree": {
-      "release-type": "node"
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "extra-files": ["espree.js"]
     },
     "packages/eslint-scope": {
-      "release-type": "node"
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "extra-files": ["lib/index.js"]
     },
     "packages/eslint-visitor-keys": {
       "release-type": "node"