diff --git a/OpenTelemetry.sln b/OpenTelemetry.sln
index c9a9a4c3f6f..e4f84237718 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetry.sln
+++ b/OpenTelemetry.sln
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Shared", "Shared", "{A49299
 		src\Shared\RequestMethodHelper.cs = src\Shared\RequestMethodHelper.cs
 		src\Shared\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs = src\Shared\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs
 		src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs = src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs
+		src\Shared\SignalVersionHelper.cs = src\Shared\SignalVersionHelper.cs
 		src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs = src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs
 		src\Shared\SpanHelper.cs = src\Shared\SpanHelper.cs
 		src\Shared\StatusHelper.cs = src\Shared\StatusHelper.cs
diff --git a/src/Shared/SignalVersionHelper.cs b/src/Shared/SignalVersionHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37f65ba6001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shared/SignalVersionHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation;
+
+internal static class SignalVersionHelper
+{
+    public static string GetVersion<T>()
+    {
+        return typeof(T).Assembly.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()!.InformationalVersion.Split('+')[0];
+    }
+}