diff --git a/aw-server/src/android/mod.rs b/aw-server/src/android/mod.rs
index 58a50456..2386a56a 100644
--- a/aw-server/src/android/mod.rs
+++ b/aw-server/src/android/mod.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,20 @@ pub mod android {
         dirs::set_android_data_dir(path);
     }
 
+    /// Report the Android app's release version from `/api/0/info` instead of
+    /// the aw-server-rust package version, which is the version of a component
+    /// rather than of the app the user installed.
+    #[no_mangle]
+    pub unsafe extern "C" fn Java_net_activitywatch_android_RustInterface_setVersionOverride(
+        env: JNIEnv,
+        _: JClass,
+        java_version: JString,
+    ) {
+        let version = &jstring_to_string(&env, java_version);
+        debug!("Setting reported version to {}", version);
+        crate::version::set_version_override(version);
+    }
+
     #[no_mangle]
     pub unsafe extern "C" fn Java_net_activitywatch_android_RustInterface_getBuckets(
         env: JNIEnv,
diff --git a/aw-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs b/aw-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
index 8d098f7c..fbd5759b 100644
--- a/aw-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
+++ b/aw-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
@@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ fn root_manifest(state: &State<ServerState>) -> Option<(ContentType, Vec<u8>)> {
 fn server_info(config: &State<AWConfig>, state: &State<ServerState>) -> Json<Info> {
     #[allow(clippy::or_fun_call)]
     let hostname = gethostname().into_string().unwrap_or("unknown".to_string());
-    const VERSION: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
     Json(Info {
         hostname,
-        version: format!("v{} (rust)", VERSION.unwrap_or("(unknown)")),
+        version: crate::version::version_string(),
         testing: config.testing,
         device_id: state.device_id.clone(),
     })
diff --git a/aw-server/src/lib.rs b/aw-server/src/lib.rs
index 2755d536..deb0547e 100644
--- a/aw-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aw-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub mod device_id;
 pub mod dirs;
 pub mod endpoints;
 pub mod logging;
+pub mod version;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 pub mod android;
diff --git a/aw-server/src/version.rs b/aw-server/src/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b32d3473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aw-server/src/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//! Version string reported by `GET /api/0/info`.
+//!
+//! By default this is the aw-server-rust package version. That is wrong for
+//! builds that embed aw-server-rust as a component of a larger product: on
+//! Android the webui footer showed `v0.14.0 (rust)` (the Cargo.toml version)
+//! while the installed app was `v0.14.0b2`.
+//!
+//! Such builds call [`set_version_override`] at startup to report their own
+//! release version instead.
+
+use std::sync::RwLock;
+
+static VERSION_OVERRIDE: RwLock<Option<String>> = RwLock::new(None);
+
+/// Report `version` from `/api/0/info` instead of the package version.
+///
+/// The string is used verbatim, so the caller controls the exact format
+/// (including any `v` prefix).
+pub fn set_version_override(version: &str) {
+    let mut guard = VERSION_OVERRIDE.write().unwrap();
+    *guard = Some(version.to_string());
+}
+
+/// The version string to report from `/api/0/info`.
+pub fn version_string() -> String {
+    if let Some(version) = VERSION_OVERRIDE.read().unwrap().as_ref() {
+        return version.clone();
+    }
+    const VERSION: Option<&str> = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+    format!("v{} (rust)", VERSION.unwrap_or("(unknown)"))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    struct VersionGuard;
+    impl Drop for VersionGuard {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            *VERSION_OVERRIDE.write().unwrap() = None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // These share process-global state, so they run as one test.
+    #[test]
+    fn override_replaces_package_version() {
+        let _guard = VersionGuard; // resets VERSION_OVERRIDE on exit, even on panic
+
+        assert!(
+            version_string().ends_with(" (rust)"),
+            "default should report the package version, got {:?}",
+            version_string()
+        );
+
+        set_version_override("v0.14.0b2");
+        assert_eq!(version_string(), "v0.14.0b2");
+
+        // Used verbatim: the caller owns the format.
+        set_version_override("1.2.3-custom");
+        assert_eq!(version_string(), "1.2.3-custom");
+    }
+}