diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
index 9b9316d76..09ab6cd15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class StatelessChronicleMap<K, V> implements ChronicleMap<K, V>, Closeable, Clon
         PUT_IF_ABSENT,
         REMOVE_WITH_VALUE,
         TO_STRING,
+        VERSION,
         PUT_ALL,
         PUT_ALL_WITHOUT_ACC,
         HASH_CODE,
@@ -431,6 +432,11 @@ class StatelessChronicleMap<K, V> implements ChronicleMap<K, V>, Closeable, Clon
         return fetchObject(String.class, TO_STRING);
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public String version() {
+        return fetchObject(String.class, VERSION);
+    }
+
     public boolean isEmpty() {
         return fetchBoolean(IS_EMPTY);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TcpReplicator.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TcpReplicator.java
index 6f64b38dd..5a4364ef0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TcpReplicator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TcpReplicator.java
@@ -1485,9 +1485,13 @@ class StatelessServerConnector<K, V> {
 
             case REMOVE_WITH_VALUE:
                 return removeWithValue(reader, writer.in(), sizeLocation, timestamp, identifier);
+
             case TO_STRING:
                 return toString(writer.in(), sizeLocation);
 
+            case VERSION:
+                return version(writer.in(), sizeLocation);
+
             case PUT_ALL:
                 return putAll(reader, writer.in(), sizeLocation, timestamp, identifier);
 
@@ -1609,6 +1613,25 @@ class StatelessServerConnector<K, V> {
         return null;
     }
 
+
+    @Nullable
+    private Work version(@NotNull Bytes writer, final long sizeLocation) {
+
+
+        final long remaining = writer.remaining();
+        try {
+            String result = map.version();
+            writer.writeObject(result);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            return sendException(writer, sizeLocation, e);
+        }
+
+        assert remaining > 4;
+
+        writeSizeAndFlags(sizeLocation, false, writer);
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("SameReturnValue")
     @Nullable
     private Work sendException(@NotNull Bytes writer, long sizeLocation, @NotNull Throwable e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
index b8a04593c..937dd5802 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public class StatelessClientTest {
                     .statelessClient(new InetSocketAddress("localhost", port)).create()) {
                 String actual = statelessMap.getMapped(10, ToString.INSTANCE);
 
+                assertEquals("{10=Hello World}", statelessMap.toString());
                 assertEquals("Hello World", actual);
             }
         }
@@ -677,6 +678,24 @@ public class StatelessClientTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(timeout = 10000)
+    public void testGetServerVersion() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        int port = s_port++;
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, StringBuilder> serverMap = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, StringBuilder.class)
+                .replication((byte) 2, TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig.of(port))
+                .create()) {
+
+            try (ChronicleMap<Integer, StringBuilder> statelessMap = ChronicleMapBuilder.of(Integer
+                    .class, StringBuilder.class)
+                    .statelessClient(new InetSocketAddress("localhost", port)).create()) {
+
+                assertTrue(!((StatelessChronicleMap) statelessMap).version().isEmpty());
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }