diff --git a/packages/core/core/src/public/PluginOptions.js b/packages/core/core/src/public/PluginOptions.js
index ca9d6c42e7e..aa7bea6562d 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/src/public/PluginOptions.js
+++ b/packages/core/core/src/public/PluginOptions.js
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export default class PluginOptions implements IPluginOptions {
     return this.#options.env;
   }
 
+  get parcelVersion(): string {
+    return this.#options.parcelVersion;
+  }
+
   get hmrOptions(): ?HMROptions {
     return this.#options.hmrOptions;
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/core/src/resolveOptions.js b/packages/core/core/src/resolveOptions.js
index 16325538a82..8bbe30cc114 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/src/resolveOptions.js
+++ b/packages/core/core/src/resolveOptions.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {toProjectPath} from './projectPath';
 import {getResolveFrom} from './requests/ParcelConfigRequest';
 
 import {DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS} from '@parcel/feature-flags';
+import {PARCEL_VERSION} from './constants';
 
 // Default cache directory name
 const DEFAULT_CACHE_DIRNAME = '.parcel-cache';
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ export default async function resolveOptions(
       isLibrary: initialOptions?.defaultTargetOptions?.isLibrary,
     },
     featureFlags: {...DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS, ...initialOptions?.featureFlags},
+    parcelVersion: PARCEL_VERSION,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/core/src/types.js b/packages/core/core/src/types.js
index b355f968b09..e165e24c57f 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/src/types.js
+++ b/packages/core/core/src/types.js
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ export type ParcelOptions = {|
   config?: DependencySpecifier,
   defaultConfig?: DependencySpecifier,
   env: EnvMap,
+  parcelVersion: string,
   targets: ?(Array<string> | {+[string]: TargetDescriptor, ...}),
   shouldDisableCache: boolean,
   cacheDir: FilePath,
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/test-utils.js b/packages/core/core/test/test-utils.js
index 6a430bb4f3d..37784a57837 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/test-utils.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cache.ensure();
 
 export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ParcelOptions = {
   cacheDir: path.join(__dirname, '.parcel-cache'),
+  parcelVersion: '',
   watchDir: __dirname,
   watchIgnore: undefined,
   watchBackend: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/.mocharc.json b/packages/core/integration-tests/.mocharc.json
index 76ff008a637..d4e99c150ab 100644
--- a/packages/core/integration-tests/.mocharc.json
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/.mocharc.json
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "require": ["@parcel/babel-register", "@parcel/test-utils/src/mochaSetup.js"],
   "timeout": 50000,
   // TODO: Remove this when https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28788 is resolved
-  "exit": true
+  "exit": true,
+  // This helps reduce CI flakiness of the Mac OS test run
+  "retries": 2
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/api.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/api.js
index b2327e9d708..00d37bcacfd 100644
--- a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/api.js
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/api.js
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 // @flow strict-local
 import path from 'path';
 import assert from 'assert';
-import {distDir, bundle, assertBundles, outputFS} from '@parcel/test-utils';
+import {
+  distDir,
+  bundle,
+  assertBundles,
+  outputFS,
+  overlayFS,
+  fsFixture,
+} from '@parcel/test-utils';
+
+import {PARCEL_VERSION} from '../../core/src/constants';
 
 describe('JS API', function () {
   it('should respect distEntry', async function () {
@@ -49,4 +58,52 @@ describe('JS API', function () {
 
     assert(await outputFS.exists(path.join(distDir, 'bundle-buddy.json')));
   });
+
+  describe('Reporter API', () => {
+    it('should pass the parcel version to plugins', async () => {
+      const dir = path.join(__dirname, 'plugin-parcel-version');
+
+      overlayFS.mkdirp(dir);
+
+      await fsFixture(overlayFS, dir)`
+      index.js:
+        export default 'Hi';
+      
+      .parcelrc:
+        {
+          extends: "@parcel/config-default",
+          reporters: ["./reporter-plugin.js", "..."],
+        }
+
+      package.json:
+        {
+          "version": "1234"
+        }
+
+      yarn.lock:
+      
+      reporter-plugin.js:
+        import {Reporter} from '@parcel/plugin';
+        import path from 'node:path';
+
+        export default new Reporter({
+          async report({event, options}) {
+            if (event.type === 'buildSuccess') {
+              await options.outputFS.writeFile(path.join(options.projectRoot, 'parcel-version.txt'), options.parcelVersion);
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      `;
+
+      await bundle(path.join(dir, 'index.js'), {
+        inputFS: overlayFS,
+        outputFS: overlayFS,
+      });
+
+      assert.equal(
+        await overlayFS.readFile(path.join(dir, 'parcel-version.txt')),
+        PARCEL_VERSION,
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/types-internal/src/index.js b/packages/core/types-internal/src/index.js
index 1fae14576d8..cb5c8f29fd8 100644
--- a/packages/core/types-internal/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/types-internal/src/index.js
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ export type InitialServerOptions = {|
 
 export interface PluginOptions {
   +mode: BuildMode;
+  +parcelVersion: string;
   +env: EnvMap;
   +hmrOptions: ?HMROptions;
   +serveOptions: ServerOptions | false;
diff --git a/packages/reporters/cli/test/CLIReporter.test.js b/packages/reporters/cli/test/CLIReporter.test.js
index 70d43eefe9b..0e9e99d246b 100644
--- a/packages/reporters/cli/test/CLIReporter.test.js
+++ b/packages/reporters/cli/test/CLIReporter.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS} from '@parcel/feature-flags';
 
 const EMPTY_OPTIONS = {
   cacheDir: '.parcel-cache',
+  parcelVersion: '',
   entries: [],
   logLevel: 'info',
   targets: [],