diff --git a/packages/javascript/.gitignore b/packages/javascript/.gitignore
index 63ef11bb..7300ff69 100644
--- a/packages/javascript/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/javascript/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
 src/gen
-!src/gen/version.d.ts
\ No newline at end of file
+!src/gen/dts/version.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/javascript/package.json b/packages/javascript/package.json
index 8098810b..06c81065 100644
--- a/packages/javascript/package.json
+++ b/packages/javascript/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "generate:version": "pnpm generate:version:esm && pnpm generate:version:cjs",
     "generate:proto:esm": "protoc --es_out src/gen/esm --es_opt target=js -I=../../protobufs ../../protobufs/livekit_*.proto",
     "generate:proto:cjs": "protoc --es_out src/gen/cjs --es_opt target=js,js_import_style=legacy_commonjs -I=../../protobufs ../../protobufs/livekit_*.proto",
-    "generate:proto:dts": "mkdir -p src/gen/dts && protoc --es_out src/gen/dts --es_opt target=dts -I=../../protobufs ../../protobufs/livekit_*.proto",
+    "generate:proto:dts": "protoc --es_out src/gen/dts --es_opt target=dts -I=../../protobufs ../../protobufs/livekit_*.proto",
     "generate:proto": "pnpm generate:proto:esm && pnpm generate:proto:cjs && pnpm generate:proto:dts",
     "build": "pnpm generate:version && pnpm generate:proto"
   },
diff --git a/packages/javascript/src/gen/dts/version.d.ts b/packages/javascript/src/gen/dts/version.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baaee2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/javascript/src/gen/dts/version.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export declare const version: string;
diff --git a/packages/javascript/src/index.d.ts b/packages/javascript/src/index.d.ts
index a8371776..8d0a96cb 100644
--- a/packages/javascript/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/javascript/src/index.d.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export type * from "./gen/dts/livekit_room_pb.d.ts";
 export type * from "./gen/dts/livekit_rtc_pb.d.ts";
 export type * from "./gen/dts/livekit_sip_pb.d.ts";
 export type * from "./gen/dts/livekit_webhook_pb.d.ts";
+export type * from "./gen/dts/version.d.ts";