diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aeb97652f89..46d44cd1380 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The next release will require at least [Go 1.25].
 - `WithSpanKind` option in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc` to override the default span kind. (#8506)
 - Add `const Version` in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap`. (#8544)
 - Support testing of [Go 1.26]. (#8549)
+- Add `const Version` in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm`. (#8553)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/detectors/azure/azurevm/version.go b/detectors/azure/azurevm/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b110b31ac7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package azurevm // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm"
+
+// Version is the current release version of the Azure VM resource detector.
+const Version = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/detectors/azure/azurevm/version_test.go b/detectors/azure/azurevm/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d0a4011b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package azurevm_test
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm"
+)
+
+// regex taken from https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+var versionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)` +
+	`(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)` +
+	`(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?` +
+	`(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$`)
+
+func TestVersionSemver(t *testing.T) {
+	v := azurevm.Version
+	assert.NotNil(t, versionRegex.FindStringSubmatch(v), "version is not semver: %s", v)
+}