diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 642fe88db006..2a4b9b138bf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15472,6 +15472,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonpath_lib",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "serde_json",
  "sp-runtime",
  "substrate-prometheus-endpoint",
diff --git a/bridges/relays/lib-substrate-relay/src/cli/mod.rs b/bridges/relays/lib-substrate-relay/src/cli/mod.rs
index 0dd0d5474b3a..270608bf6ed8 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/lib-substrate-relay/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/bridges/relays/lib-substrate-relay/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -125,14 +125,13 @@ impl PrometheusParams {
 			None
 		};
 
-		let relay_version = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap_or("unknown");
+		let relay_version = relay_utils::initialize::RELAYER_VERSION
+			.lock()
+			.clone()
+			.unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string());
 		let relay_commit = SubstrateRelayBuildInfo::get_git_commit();
-		relay_utils::metrics::MetricsParams::new(
-			metrics_address,
-			relay_version.into(),
-			relay_commit,
-		)
-		.map_err(|e| anyhow::format_err!("{:?}", e))
+		relay_utils::metrics::MetricsParams::new(metrics_address, relay_version, relay_commit)
+			.map_err(|e| anyhow::format_err!("{:?}", e))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/bridges/relays/utils/Cargo.toml b/bridges/relays/utils/Cargo.toml
index ee56ebf9a956..1264f582983f 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bridges/relays/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ futures = "0.3.30"
 jsonpath_lib = "0.3"
 log = { workspace = true }
 num-traits = "0.2"
+parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sysinfo = "0.30"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["formatting", "local-offset", "std"] }
diff --git a/bridges/relays/utils/src/initialize.rs b/bridges/relays/utils/src/initialize.rs
index 8224c1803ad2..64d710242710 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/utils/src/initialize.rs
+++ b/bridges/relays/utils/src/initialize.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
 
 //! Relayer initialization functions.
 
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::{cell::RefCell, fmt::Display, io::Write};
 
+/// Relayer version that is provided as metric. Must be set by a binary
+/// (get it with `option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")` from a binary package code).
+pub static RELAYER_VERSION: Mutex<Option<String>> = Mutex::new(None);
+
 async_std::task_local! {
 	pub(crate) static LOOP_NAME: RefCell<String> = RefCell::new(String::default());
 }