diff --git a/cilium/datadog_checks/cilium/cilium.py b/cilium/datadog_checks/cilium/cilium.py
index 93ef94f21b889..f419d19f12727 100644
--- a/cilium/datadog_checks/cilium/cilium.py
+++ b/cilium/datadog_checks/cilium/cilium.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def __init__(self, name, init_config, instances):
                 'namespace': 'cilium',
                 'metrics': metrics,
                 'prometheus_timeout': instance.get('timeout', 10),
+                'metadata_metric_name': 'cilium_version',
+                'metadata_label_map': {'version': 'version'},
             }
         )
 
diff --git a/cilium/tests/common.py b/cilium/tests/common.py
index 53e5886550dca..574597f56c129 100644
--- a/cilium/tests/common.py
+++ b/cilium/tests/common.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # (C) Datadog, Inc. 2019-present
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
+import os
+
 CHECK_NAME = 'cilium'
 NAMESPACE = 'cilium.'
-
+CILIUM_VERSION = os.getenv('CILIUM_VERSION')
 
 AGENT_DEFAULT_METRICS = [
     'cilium.agent.api_process_time.seconds.count',
diff --git a/cilium/tests/fixtures/agent_metrics.txt b/cilium/tests/fixtures/agent_metrics.txt
index 196638d0c4518..7cef543add7c1 100644
--- a/cilium/tests/fixtures/agent_metrics.txt
+++ b/cilium/tests/fixtures/agent_metrics.txt
@@ -1082,3 +1082,6 @@ cilium_unreachable_health_endpoints 0
 # HELP cilium_unreachable_nodes Number of nodes that cannot be reached
 # TYPE cilium_unreachable_nodes gauge
 cilium_unreachable_nodes 1
+# HELP cilium_version Cilium version
+# TYPE cilium_version gauge
+cilium_version{version="1.6.90"} 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml b/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
index 17fd27bc13d5c..7357091a935bf 100644
--- a/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
+++ b/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ spec:
               key: custom-cni-conf
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         lifecycle:
           postStart:
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
       - name: wait-for-node-init
         command: ['sh', '-c', 'until stat /tmp/cilium-bootstrap-time > /dev/null 2>&1; do echo "Waiting on node-init to run..."; sleep 1; done']
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/cilium-bootstrap-time
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ spec:
               key: wait-bpf-mount
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: clean-cilium-state
         securityContext:
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ spec:
               key: identity-allocation-mode
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/operator:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/operator:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: cilium-operator
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/cilium/tests/test_cilium.py b/cilium/tests/test_cilium.py
index 189e3f002f656..9eebe79457bd0 100644
--- a/cilium/tests/test_cilium.py
+++ b/cilium/tests/test_cilium.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 from datadog_checks.cilium import CiliumCheck
 
-from .common import ADDL_AGENT_METRICS, AGENT_DEFAULT_METRICS, OPERATOR_AWS_METRICS, OPERATOR_METRICS
+from .common import ADDL_AGENT_METRICS, AGENT_DEFAULT_METRICS, CILIUM_VERSION, OPERATOR_AWS_METRICS, OPERATOR_METRICS
 
 
 def test_agent_check(aggregator, agent_instance, mock_agent_data):
@@ -22,3 +22,20 @@ def test_operator_check(aggregator, operator_instance, mock_operator_data):
     for m in OPERATOR_METRICS + OPERATOR_AWS_METRICS:
         aggregator.assert_metric(m)
     aggregator.assert_all_metrics_covered()
+
+
+def test_version_metadata(datadog_agent, agent_instance, mock_agent_data):
+    check = CiliumCheck('cilium', {}, [agent_instance])
+    check.check_id = 'test:123'
+    check.check(agent_instance)
+
+    major, minor, patch = CILIUM_VERSION.split('.')
+    version_metadata = {
+        'version.scheme': 'semver',
+        'version.major': major,
+        'version.minor': minor,
+        'version.patch': patch,
+        'version.raw': CILIUM_VERSION,
+    }
+
+    datadog_agent.assert_metadata('test:123', version_metadata)
diff --git a/cilium/tox.ini b/cilium/tox.ini
index ea6fc4c53fe1d..c3fb556bbcf27 100644
--- a/cilium/tox.ini
+++ b/cilium/tox.ini
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ passenv =
 commands =
     pip install -r requirements.in
     pytest -v {posargs}
+setenv =
+    CILIUM_VERSION = 1.6.90