diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e4ff4fbcd3..1c453c002f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ check_version:
     - export HOSTED_NG_PATH=$PWD/esp_hosted_ng
     - .gitlab/ci/check_hosted_ng_version.sh
   rules:
-    - changes:
-      - esp_hosted_ng/esp/esp_driver/network_adapter/**/*
+    - when: always
+  tags:
+    - linux510
+     #- changes:
+     # - esp_hosted_ng/**/*
 
 build_fw_esp32_sdio:
   stage: build
diff --git a/esp_hosted_ng/host/esp_debugfs.c b/esp_hosted_ng/host/esp_debugfs.c
index 9495173f8f..c96b717566 100644
--- a/esp_hosted_ng/host/esp_debugfs.c
+++ b/esp_hosted_ng/host/esp_debugfs.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #define DEBUGFS_DIR_NAME "esp32"
 #define LOG_LEVEL "log_level"
+#define VERSION "version"
 
 #define DEBUGFS_TODO 0
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 struct esp32_debugfs {
 	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
 	struct dentry *log_level_file; /* log level for host dmesg */
-
+	struct dentry *version;
 #if DEBUGFS_TODO
 	struct dentry *host_log_level_file; /* log level for host logs in debugfs logger */
 	struct dentry *host_log_file; /* debugfs host logger */
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ static char log_buffer[LOG_BUFFER_SIZE] = "";
 static size_t log_length = 0;
 static size_t write_pos = 0;
 #endif
-
+#ifndef VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE
+#define VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE 50
+#endif
+extern char version_str[VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
 // Read operation for the debugfs file
 static ssize_t log_level_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@ static ssize_t log_level_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, level_str, strlen(level_str));
 }
 
+static ssize_t version_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, version_str, strlen(version_str));
+}
+
 // Write operation for the debugfs file
 static ssize_t log_level_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -187,6 +196,10 @@ static const struct file_operations log_level_ops = {
 	.write = log_level_write,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations version_ops = {
+	.read = version_read,
+};
+
 // Module initialization function
 int debugfs_init(void)
 {
@@ -207,6 +220,12 @@ int debugfs_init(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	debugfs->version = debugfs_create_file(VERSION, 0644, debugfs->debugfs_dir, NULL, &version_ops);
+	if (!debugfs->version) {
+		esp_err("Failed to create debugfs %s file\n", VERSION);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 #if DEBUGFS_TODO
 	debugfs->host_log_level_file = debugfs_create_file(DEBUGFS_LOG_LEVEL, 0644, debugfs_dir, NULL, &debugfs_log_level_ops);
 	if (!debugfs->debugfs_log_level_file) {
diff --git a/esp_hosted_ng/host/main.c b/esp_hosted_ng/host/main.c
index 2b80ab059a..f6c9c7a54c 100644
--- a/esp_hosted_ng/host/main.c
+++ b/esp_hosted_ng/host/main.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ extern u8 ap_bssid[MAC_ADDR_LEN];
 extern volatile u8 host_sleep;
 u32 raw_tp_mode = 0;
 int log_level = ESP_INFO;
+#define VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE 50
+char version_str[VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE];
+
 
 module_param(resetpin, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(resetpin, "Host's GPIO pin number which is connected to ESP32's EN to reset ESP32 device");
@@ -231,12 +234,8 @@ void init_bt(struct esp_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
-#define VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE 50
-
 static int check_esp_version(struct fw_version *ver)
 {
-	char version_str[VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE] = {0};
-
 	snprintf(version_str, VERSION_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s-%u.%u.%u.%u.%u",
 		ver->project_name, ver->major1, ver->major2, ver->minor, ver->revision_patch_1, ver->revision_patch_2);