diff --git a/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py b/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
index 35572b0e7..26fd5c40f 100644
--- a/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
+++ b/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ def get_template_dir() -> Path:
     return Path(get_src_dir()) / 'web_interface' / 'templates'
 
 
+def get_bin_dir() -> Path:
+    """
+    Retrieves the absolute path of the bin directory.
+
+    :return: The (absolute) path of the bin directory.
+    """
+    return Path(get_src_dir()) / 'bin'
+
+
 def get_relative_object_path(path: Path, offset_path: Path) -> str:
     """
     FACT extraction unpacks files into a temporary directory. These files have to be offset to get the path relative
diff --git a/src/install/common.py b/src/install/common.py
index c1c5ec5c3..06eb20cec 100644
--- a/src/install/common.py
+++ b/src/install/common.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import logging
 import subprocess
 from contextlib import suppress
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ def _install_fw_magic(version: str = 'v0.2.2'):
         # compile the magic files (results in .mgc suffix) so that we don't get warnings when using them
         run_cmd_with_logging('file -C -m firmware')
         run_cmd_with_logging('file -C -m internal_symlink_magic')
+        Path('fw_magic_version.json').write_text(json.dumps({'version': version.lstrip('v')}))
 
 
 def _update_submodules():
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py b/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
index 09fa0cd97..439988017 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import typing
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
 import pydantic
 from pydantic import Field
+from semver import Version
 
 from analysis.plugin import AnalysisPluginV0
 from analysis.plugin.compat import AnalysisBasePluginAdapterMixin
 from helperFunctions import magic
+from helperFunctions.fileSystem import get_bin_dir
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     import io
@@ -24,11 +28,17 @@ class Schema(pydantic.BaseModel):
         )
 
     def __init__(self):
+        try:
+            version_file = Path(get_bin_dir()) / 'version.json'
+            fw_magic_db_version = json.loads(version_file.read_text()).get('version')
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, FileNotFoundError):
+            fw_magic_db_version = None
         super().__init__(
             metadata=AnalysisPluginV0.MetaData(
                 name='file_type',
                 description='identify the file type',
-                version='1.0.0',
+                version=Version(1, 0, 1),
+                system_version=fw_magic_db_version,
                 Schema=AnalysisPlugin.Schema,
             ),
         )
diff --git a/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py b/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
index c83b08ce9..ac6b78288 100644
--- a/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
+++ b/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from helperFunctions.fileSystem import (
     file_is_empty,
+    get_bin_dir,
     get_config_dir,
     get_relative_object_path,
     get_src_dir,
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ def test_get_template_dir():
     assert '.html' in file_suffixes_in_template_dir
 
 
+def test_get_bin_dir():
+    bin_dir = get_bin_dir()
+    assert bin_dir.is_dir(), 'bin dir not found'
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('base', 'offset', 'result', 'message'),
     [