diff --git a/sfm/server.py b/sfm/server.py
index 0004702..eeeae73 100644
--- a/sfm/server.py
+++ b/sfm/server.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ from minimateplus.blastware_file import write_blastware_file, blastware_filename
 from minimateplus.client import _decode_a5_metadata_into, _decode_a5_waveform, _decode_event_count
 from minimateplus.framing import build_bw_write_frame, SESSION_RESET, POLL_PROBE, POLL_DATA
 from minimateplus.protocol import SUB_STOP_MONITORING
+from minimateplus.event_file_io import TOOL_VERSION as SFM_VERSION  # single source for the service version (release-bumped)
 from sfm import event_hdf5
 from sfm.cache import SFMCache, get_cache
 from sfm.database import SeismoDb
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ app = FastAPI(
         "Implements the minimateplus RS-232 protocol library.\n"
         "Proxied by terra-view at /api/sfm/*."
     ),
-    version="0.26.0",
+    version=SFM_VERSION,
 )
 
 # Allow requests from the waveform viewer opened as a local file (file://)
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ def _backfill_events(events: list, info: "DeviceInfo") -> None:
 @app.get("/health")
 def health() -> dict:
     """Service heartbeat.  No device I/O."""
-    return {"status": "ok", "service": "sfm", "version": "0.1.0"}
+    return {"status": "ok", "service": "sfm", "version": SFM_VERSION}
 
 
 @app.get("/", response_class=FileResponse)
diff --git a/tests/test_health_version.py b/tests/test_health_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4be03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_health_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""The /health version must track the release, not a stale literal.
+
+terra-view's SFM Admin page displays whatever `/health` reports. It was
+hardcoded to "0.1.0" and never bumped, so the page showed 0.1.0 while the
+service was actually 0.26.0. These guard against that regression — and run
+without httpx (they call the endpoint function directly, no TestClient).
+"""
+from minimateplus.event_file_io import TOOL_VERSION
+from sfm.server import app, health
+
+
+def test_health_reports_current_tool_version():
+    assert health()["version"] == TOOL_VERSION
+
+
+def test_openapi_version_matches_tool_version():
+    assert app.version == TOOL_VERSION