diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index d9d9334f..95fd0a67 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Versioning currently follows `X.Y.Z` where
 ### Added
 
 - Entities can be compared and sorted by ID now.
-- Caching for list_not_existing_storage_directories.
+- Show Python version in version info string.
+- Caching for bfabric_list_not_existing_storage_directories.py.
 - (experimental) add initial code for a resource based application dispatch
 - (experimental) new app_runner cli that integrates all commands into a single interface
 
diff --git a/src/bfabric/bfabric.py b/src/bfabric/bfabric.py
index 4b7f68a2..72693604 100644
--- a/src/bfabric/bfabric.py
+++ b/src/bfabric/bfabric.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import base64
 import importlib.metadata
+import sys
 from contextlib import AbstractContextManager
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -257,8 +258,9 @@ def _get_version_message(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
         engine_name = self._engine.__class__.__name__
         base_url = self.config.base_url
         user_name = f"U={self._auth.login if self._auth else None}"
+        python_version = f"PY={sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}.{sys.version_info.micro}"
         return (
-            f"bfabricPy v{package_version} ({engine_name}, {base_url}, {user_name})",
+            f"bfabricPy v{package_version} ({engine_name}, {base_url}, {user_name}, {python_version})",
             f"Copyright (C) 2014-{year} Functional Genomics Center Zurich",
         )