diff --git a/src/node_metadata.cc b/src/node_metadata.cc
index 112d6a9b7fb56f..f6837ba6d07933 100644
--- a/src/node_metadata.cc
+++ b/src/node_metadata.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "uv.h"
 #include "uvwasi.h"
 #include "v8.h"
-#include "zlib.h"
+#include "zlib_version.h"
 
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
 #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
diff --git a/src/zlib_version.h b/src/zlib_version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..77c4f92c5de0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zlib_version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// This is an auto generated file, please do not edit.
+// Refer to tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh
+#ifndef SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
+#define SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
+#define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.13.1-motley-fef5869"
+#endif  // SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh
index a076c437cb38c3..5968d1129c987c 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,17 @@ VERSION_NUMBER=$(grep "#define ZLIB_VERSION" "$DEPS_DIR/zlib/zlib.h" | sed -n "s
 
 NEW_VERSION="$VERSION_NUMBER-$LATEST_COMMIT"
 
+# update version information in src/zlib_version.h
+cat > "$ROOT/src/zlib_version.h" <<EOF
+// This is an auto generated file, please do not edit.
+// Refer to tools/dep_updaters/update-zlib.sh
+#ifndef SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
+#define SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
+#define ZLIB_VERSION "$NEW_VERSION"
+#endif  // SRC_ZLIB_VERSION_H_
+EOF
+
 # Update the version number on maintaining-dependencies.md
 # and print the new version as the last line of the script as we need
 # to add it to $GITHUB_ENV variable
-finalize_version_update "zlib" "$NEW_VERSION"
+finalize_version_update "zlib" "$NEW_VERSION" "src/zlib_version.h"