diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55384ec..7e52838 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4724,7 +4724,7 @@ checksum = "1fafa6961cabd9c63bcd77a45d7e3b7f3b552b70417831fb0f56db717e72407e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-chainspec"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-chains",
  "alloy-consensus",
@@ -4747,7 +4747,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-consensus"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-evm",
@@ -4765,7 +4765,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-engine-api"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4792,7 +4792,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-evm"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-evm",
@@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-node"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4868,11 +4868,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
+ "vergen",
+ "vergen-git2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-payload-builder"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4900,7 +4902,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-payload-types"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4921,7 +4923,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-primitives"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4941,7 +4943,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-reth"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "eyre",
@@ -4959,7 +4961,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-revm"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -4982,7 +4984,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-rpc"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -5022,7 +5024,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "morph-txpool"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0eafe89..901cfcb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.88"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.17"
 tokio-util = "0.7.16"
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.22"
+vergen = "9.1.0"
+vergen-git2 = "9.1.0"
 criterion = "0.7.0"
 test-case = "3"
 pyroscope = "0.5.8"
diff --git a/bin/morph-reth/src/main.rs b/bin/morph-reth/src/main.rs
index 6be14ee..624da7f 100644
--- a/bin/morph-reth/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/morph-reth/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::info;
 
 fn main() {
+    // Override reth's default version info with morph-reth's own version,
+    // commit SHA, and build timestamp. Must be called before CLI parsing.
+    morph_node::version::init_version_metadata();
+
     // Install signal handler for segmentation faults
     sigsegv_handler::install();
 
diff --git a/crates/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
index fb81c88..93842b5 100644
--- a/crates/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ morph-txpool.workspace = true
 
 # Reth dependencies
 reth-db.workspace = true
+reth-node-core.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-engine-local.workspace = true
 reth-engine-tree.workspace = true
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ alloy-rlp = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 alloy-signer = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 alloy-signer-local = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
+[build-dependencies]
+vergen.workspace = true
+vergen-git2.workspace = true
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
diff --git a/crates/node/build.rs b/crates/node/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d068046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/node/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
+use std::{env, error::Error};
+use vergen::{BuildBuilder, CargoBuilder, Emitter};
+use vergen_git2::Git2Builder;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut emitter = Emitter::default();
+
+    let build_builder = BuildBuilder::default().build_timestamp(true).build()?;
+    emitter.add_instructions(&build_builder)?;
+
+    let cargo_builder = CargoBuilder::default()
+        .features(true)
+        .target_triple(true)
+        .build()?;
+    emitter.add_instructions(&cargo_builder)?;
+
+    let git_builder = Git2Builder::default()
+        .describe(false, true, None)
+        .dirty(true)
+        .sha(false)
+        .build()?;
+    emitter.add_instructions(&git_builder)?;
+
+    emitter.emit_and_set()?;
+
+    let sha = env::var("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")?;
+    let sha_short = &sha[0..7];
+
+    let is_dirty = env::var("VERGEN_GIT_DIRTY")? == "true";
+    // if not on a tag: v0.2.1-4-gabcdef1
+    // if on a tag:     v0.2.1
+    let not_on_tag = env::var("VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE")?.ends_with(&format!("-g{sha_short}"));
+    let version_suffix = if is_dirty || not_on_tag { "-dev" } else { "" };
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_VERSION_SUFFIX={version_suffix}");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=VERGEN_GIT_SHA_SHORT={}", &sha[..8]);
+
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let profile = out_dir.rsplit(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR).nth(3).unwrap();
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_BUILD_PROFILE={profile}");
+
+    let pkg_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+    // Short: "0.2.1 (c957148)"
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_SHORT_VERSION={pkg_version}{version_suffix} ({sha_short})");
+
+    // Long version lines (matches reth's RETH_LONG_VERSION_* naming so we can reuse
+    // RethCliVersionConsts without patching upstream)
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_LONG_VERSION_0=Version: {pkg_version}{version_suffix}");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_LONG_VERSION_1=Commit SHA: {sha}");
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_LONG_VERSION_2=Build Timestamp: {}",
+        env::var("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP")?
+    );
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_LONG_VERSION_3=Build Features: {}",
+        env::var("VERGEN_CARGO_FEATURES")?
+    );
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_LONG_VERSION_4=Build Profile: {profile}");
+
+    // P2P client version: morph-reth/v0.2.1-c957148/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-env=MORPH_P2P_CLIENT_VERSION=morph-reth/v{pkg_version}-{sha_short}/{}",
+        env::var("VERGEN_CARGO_TARGET_TRIPLE")?
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/node/src/lib.rs b/crates/node/src/lib.rs
index 1af9dc7..399c8a5 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod node;
 #[cfg(feature = "test-utils")]
 pub mod test_utils;
 pub mod validator;
+pub mod version;
 
 // Re-export main node types
 pub use add_ons::MorphAddOns;
diff --git a/crates/node/src/version.rs b/crates/node/src/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef55f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/node/src/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//! Morph-Reth version metadata.
+//!
+//! Overrides reth's default version info so `--version` reports morph-reth's
+//! own version, commit SHA, and build timestamp instead of the upstream reth
+//! fork's values.
+
+use reth_node_core::version::{RethCliVersionConsts, try_init_version_metadata};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, env};
+
+/// Initialise global version metadata for Morph-Reth.
+///
+/// Must be called once at startup, before any CLI parsing.
+pub fn init_version_metadata() {
+    try_init_version_metadata(version_metadata())
+        .expect("Version metadata initialised more than once");
+}
+
+/// Build the [`RethCliVersionConsts`] for morph-reth using compile-time env vars
+/// emitted by `build.rs`.
+pub fn version_metadata() -> RethCliVersionConsts {
+    RethCliVersionConsts {
+        name_client: Cow::Borrowed("Morph-Reth"),
+        cargo_pkg_version: Cow::Borrowed(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
+        vergen_git_sha_long: Cow::Borrowed(env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")),
+        vergen_git_sha: Cow::Borrowed(env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA_SHORT")),
+        vergen_build_timestamp: Cow::Borrowed(env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP")),
+        vergen_cargo_target_triple: Cow::Borrowed(env!("VERGEN_CARGO_TARGET_TRIPLE")),
+        vergen_cargo_features: Cow::Borrowed(env!("VERGEN_CARGO_FEATURES")),
+        short_version: Cow::Borrowed(env!("MORPH_SHORT_VERSION")),
+        long_version: Cow::Owned(format!(
+            "{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}",
+            env!("MORPH_LONG_VERSION_0"),
+            env!("MORPH_LONG_VERSION_1"),
+            env!("MORPH_LONG_VERSION_2"),
+            env!("MORPH_LONG_VERSION_3"),
+            env!("MORPH_LONG_VERSION_4"),
+        )),
+        build_profile_name: Cow::Borrowed(env!("MORPH_BUILD_PROFILE")),
+        p2p_client_version: Cow::Borrowed(env!("MORPH_P2P_CLIENT_VERSION")),
+        extra_data: Cow::Owned(format!(
+            "morph-reth/v{}/{}",
+            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+            env::consts::OS
+        )),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index b6004ef..9000cea 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ ignore = [
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0002 lru 0.12.x unsound IterMut
     # pinned by reth fork at 0.12.5, fix requires 0.16.3 (semver-incompatible)
     "RUSTSEC-2026-0002",
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0097 rand unsound with custom logger
+    # pinned transitively via reth; no fix available upstream yet
+    "RUSTSEC-2026-0097",
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0098 rustls-webpki URI name constraints
+    "RUSTSEC-2026-0098",
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0099 rustls-webpki wildcard name constraints
+    "RUSTSEC-2026-0099",
 ]
 
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