diff --git a/must-gather/README.md b/must-gather/README.md
index a0769e011..9613a44be 100644
--- a/must-gather/README.md
+++ b/must-gather/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ Example must-gather for cluster-logging output (use `tree` for up-to-date struct
 ```
 ├── cluster-logging
 │  ├── clo
-│  │  ├── cluster-logging-operator-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxx
-│  │  └── version
+│  │  └── cluster-logging-operator-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxx
 │  └── namespaces
 │  │  └── [nampespace_name]               ## including openshift-logging
 │  │     ├── collector-xxxxx.describe
@@ -171,4 +170,5 @@ Example must-gather for cluster-logging output (use `tree` for up-to-date struct
 │     ├── [...]
 │  └── openshift-operators-redhat
 │     ├── [...]
-└── timestamp
+├── timestamp
+└── version
diff --git a/must-gather/gather.go b/must-gather/gather.go
index eb173191a..93e10047f 100644
--- a/must-gather/gather.go
+++ b/must-gather/gather.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/namespace"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/ui"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ func (g *Gather) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (g *Gather) createCollectors() []api.Collector {
 	collectors := make([]api.Collector, 0)
 
+	// Version collector
+	collectors = append(collectors, version.NewCollector(g.logger, g.config.DestDir))
+
 	// Cluster-scoped resources collector
 	collectors = append(collectors, cluster.NewCollector(g.client, g.logger, g.config.DestDir))
 
diff --git a/must-gather/internal/version/suite_test.go b/must-gather/internal/version/suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c68a5ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/must-gather/internal/version/suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func TestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "must-gather/internal/version suite")
+}
diff --git a/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector.go b/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ec16194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/api"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/version"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+const productName = "Red Hat OpenShift Logging"
+
+type Collector struct {
+	logger  api.Logger
+	destDir api.Path
+}
+
+func NewCollector(logger api.Logger, destDir api.Path) *Collector {
+	return &Collector{
+		logger:  logger,
+		destDir: destDir,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Collector) Name() string {
+	return "VersionCollector"
+}
+
+func (c *Collector) Collect(_ context.Context, _ ...schema.GroupVersionResource) error {
+	defer c.logger.Begin("writing version file ...")()
+
+	content := fmt.Sprintf("%s/must-gather\n%s\n", productName, version.Version)
+	versionFile := c.destDir.Add("version")
+	return versionFile.WriteFile([]byte(content))
+}
diff --git a/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector_test.go b/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e9c6ba80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/must-gather/internal/version/version_collector_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package version_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/api"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/must-gather/internal/version"
+	projectVersion "github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/version"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("VersionCollector", func() {
+	var (
+		tmpDir  string
+		destDir api.Path
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		var err error
+		tmpDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "version-collector-test")
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		destDir = api.NewPath(tmpDir)
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		Expect(os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)).To(Succeed())
+	})
+
+	It("should write a version file with the product name and version", func() {
+		collector := version.NewCollector(api.NewLogger(GinkgoWriter), destDir)
+		err := collector.Collect(context.Background())
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "version"))
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(string(content)).To(Equal("Red Hat OpenShift Logging/must-gather\n" + projectVersion.Version + "\n"))
+	})
+
+	It("should report its name", func() {
+		collector := version.NewCollector(api.NewLogger(GinkgoWriter), destDir)
+		Expect(collector.Name()).To(Equal("VersionCollector"))
+	})
+})