diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
index a07be3094d7..3faea563a6b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* `ActivitySource.Version` is set to NuGet package version.
+  ([#5498](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5498))
+
 ## 1.7.0-beta.1
 
 Released 2024-Feb-09
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlActivitySourceHelper.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlActivitySourceHelper.cs
index 287ee0d6dc0..f851ac41b22 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlActivitySourceHelper.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlActivitySourceHelper.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ internal sealed class SqlActivitySourceHelper
 
     public static readonly AssemblyName AssemblyName = typeof(SqlActivitySourceHelper).Assembly.GetName();
     public static readonly string ActivitySourceName = AssemblyName.Name;
-    public static readonly Version Version = AssemblyName.Version;
-    public static readonly ActivitySource ActivitySource = new(ActivitySourceName, Version.ToString());
+    public static readonly ActivitySource ActivitySource = new(ActivitySourceName, SignalVersionHelper.GetVersion<SqlActivitySourceHelper>());
     public static readonly string ActivityName = ActivitySourceName + ".Execute";
 
     public static readonly IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> CreationTags = new[]
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.csproj
index 09d8a5782f6..c7f8d143c9b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SignalVersionHelper.cs" Link="Includes\SignalVersionHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Shims\NullableAttributes.cs" Link="Includes\Shims\NullableAttributes.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>