diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/__snapshots__/openapi.e2e.test.ts.snap b/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/__snapshots__/openapi.e2e.test.ts.snap
index 4027c1f8b4..7d5ae3830d 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/__snapshots__/openapi.e2e.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/__snapshots__/openapi.e2e.test.ts.snap
@@ -3437,7 +3437,6 @@ exports[`should serve the OpenAPI spec 1`] = `
   },
   "info": {
     "title": "Unleash API",
-    "version": "4.15.1",
   },
   "openapi": "3.0.3",
   "paths": {
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/openapi.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/openapi.e2e.test.ts
index 97391f4d65..39400f6b5a 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/openapi.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/openapi/openapi.e2e.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { setupApp } from '../../helpers/test-helper';
 import dbInit from '../../helpers/database-init';
 import getLogger from '../../../fixtures/no-logger';
 import SwaggerParser from '@apidevtools/swagger-parser';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 let app;
 let db;
@@ -30,12 +31,32 @@ test('should serve the OpenAPI spec', async () => {
         .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
         .expect(200)
         .expect((res) => {
+            // Don't use the version field in snapshot tests. Having the version
+            // listed in automated testing causes issues when trying to deploy
+            // new versions of the API (due to mismatch between new tag versions etc).
+            delete res.body.info.version;
+
             // This test will fail whenever there's a change to the API spec.
             // If the change is intended, update the snapshot with `jest -u`.
             expect(res.body).toMatchSnapshot();
         });
 });
 
+test('should serve the OpenAPI spec with a `version` property', async () => {
+    return app.request
+        .get('/docs/openapi.json')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200)
+        .expect((res) => {
+            const { version } = res.body.info;
+            // ensure there's no whitespace or leading `v`
+            expect(semver.clean(version)).toStrictEqual(version);
+
+            // ensure the version listed is valid semver
+            expect(semver.parse(version, { loose: false })).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+});
+
 test('the generated OpenAPI spec is valid', async () => {
     const { body } = await app.request
         .get('/docs/openapi.json')