diff --git a/karapace/karapace.py b/karapace/karapace.py
index c06b6bcb5..646a9a87f 100644
--- a/karapace/karapace.py
+++ b/karapace/karapace.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from karapace.rapu import HTTPRequest, HTTPResponse, RestApp
 from karapace.typing import JsonObject
 from karapace.utils import json_encode
+from karapace.version import __version__
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, NoReturn
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
@@ -79,7 +80,10 @@ async def root_get(self) -> NoReturn:
         self.r({}, "application/json")
 
     async def health(self, _request: Request) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
-        resp: JsonObject = {"process_uptime_sec": int(time.monotonic() - self._process_start_time)}
+        resp: JsonObject = {
+            "process_uptime_sec": int(time.monotonic() - self._process_start_time),
+            "Karapace-Version": __version__,
+        }
         for hook in self.health_hooks:
             resp.update(await hook())
         return aiohttp.web.Response(
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_rest.py b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
index c7a49813c..01ae6efa2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from kafka import KafkaProducer
 from kafka.errors import UnknownTopicOrPartitionError
+from karapace.client import Client
+from karapace.kafka_rest_apis import KafkaRest, KafkaRestAdminClient
+from karapace.version import __version__
 from pytest import raises
 from tests.integration.conftest import REST_PRODUCER_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES
 from tests.utils import (
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@
 NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT = 10
 
 
-def check_successful_publish_response(success_response, objects, partition_id=None):
+def check_successful_publish_response(success_response, objects, partition_id=None) -> None:
     assert success_response.ok
     success_response = success_response.json()
     for k in ["value_schema_id", "offsets"]:
@@ -40,7 +44,17 @@ def check_successful_publish_response(success_response, objects, partition_id=No
                 assert partition_id == o["partition"]
 
 
-async def test_request_body_too_large(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_health_endpoint(rest_async_client: Client) -> None:
+    res = await rest_async_client.get("/_health")
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    response = res.json()
+    assert "process_uptime_sec" in response
+    assert "Karapace-Version" in response
+    assert response["process_uptime_sec"] >= 0
+    assert response["Karapace-Version"] == __version__
+
+
+async def test_request_body_too_large(rest_async_client: KafkaRestAdminClient, admin_client: Client) -> None:
     tn = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[tn], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     pl = {"records": [{"value": 1_048_576 * "a"}]}
@@ -48,7 +62,7 @@ async def test_request_body_too_large(rest_async_client, admin_client):
     assert res.status_code == 413
 
 
-async def test_content_types(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_content_types(rest_async_client: KafkaRestAdminClient, admin_client: Client) -> None:
     tn = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[tn], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     valid_headers = [
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ async def test_content_types(rest_async_client, admin_client):
         assert not res.ok
 
 
-async def test_avro_publish_primitive_schema(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_avro_publish_primitive_schema(rest_async_client: KafkaRestAdminClient, admin_client: Client) -> None:
     topic_str = new_topic(admin_client)
     topic_int = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic_str, topic_int], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
@@ -142,7 +156,11 @@ async def test_avro_publish_primitive_schema(rest_async_client, admin_client):
                 assert "partition" in o
 
 
-async def test_avro_publish(rest_async_client, registry_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_avro_publish(
+    rest_async_client: Client,
+    registry_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient,
+) -> None:
     tn = new_topic(admin_client)
     other_tn = new_topic(admin_client)
 
@@ -186,7 +204,7 @@ async def test_avro_publish(rest_async_client, registry_async_client, admin_clie
             # assert res.status_code == 422, f"Expecting schema {second_schema_json} to not match records {test_objects}"
 
 
-async def test_admin_client(admin_client, producer):
+async def test_admin_client(admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient, producer: KafkaProducer) -> None:
     topic_names = [new_topic(admin_client) for i in range(10, 13)]
     topic_info = admin_client.cluster_metadata()
     retrieved_names = list(topic_info["topics"].keys())
@@ -226,7 +244,7 @@ async def test_admin_client(admin_client, producer):
         admin_client.cluster_metadata(topics=["another_invalid_name"])
 
 
-async def test_internal(rest_async, admin_client):
+async def test_internal(rest_async: KafkaRest | None, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
     prepared_records = [
         [b"key", b"value", 0],
@@ -259,7 +277,7 @@ async def test_internal(rest_async, admin_client):
     assert rest_async_proxy.all_empty({"records": [{"value": {"foo": "bar"}}]}, "key") is True
 
 
-async def test_topics(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_topics(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic_foo = "foo"
     tn = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[tn], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
@@ -280,7 +298,7 @@ async def test_topics(rest_async_client, admin_client):
     assert res.json()["error_code"] == 40403, "Error code does not match"
 
 
-async def test_list_topics(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_list_topics(rest_async_client, admin_client) -> None:
     tn1 = new_topic(admin_client)
     tn2 = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[tn1, tn2], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
@@ -299,7 +317,7 @@ async def test_list_topics(rest_async_client, admin_client):
     assert tn1 in topic_list and tn2 in topic_list, f"Topic list contains all topics tn1={tn1} and tn2={tn2}"
 
 
-async def test_publish(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     topic_url = f"/topics/{topic}"
@@ -319,7 +337,7 @@ async def test_publish(rest_async_client, admin_client):
 
 # Produce messages to a topic without key and without explicit partition to verify that
 # partitioner assigns partition randomly
-async def test_publish_random_partitioning(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish_random_partitioning(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic = new_topic(admin_client, num_partitions=100)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     topic_url = f"/topics/{topic}"
@@ -338,7 +356,7 @@ async def test_publish_random_partitioning(rest_async_client, admin_client):
     assert len(partitions_seen) >= 2, "Partitioner should randomly assign to different partitions if no key given"
 
 
-async def test_publish_malformed_requests(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish_malformed_requests(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic_name], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     for url in [f"/topics/{topic_name}", f"/topics/{topic_name}/partitions/0"]:
@@ -376,7 +394,7 @@ async def test_publish_malformed_requests(rest_async_client, admin_client):
         assert res.status_code == 422
 
 
-async def test_too_large_record(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_too_large_record(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     tn = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[tn], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     # Record batch overhead is 22 bytes, reduce just above
@@ -392,7 +410,7 @@ async def test_too_large_record(rest_async_client, admin_client):
     )
 
 
-async def test_publish_to_nonexisting_topic(rest_async_client):
+async def test_publish_to_nonexisting_topic(rest_async_client: Client) -> None:
     tn = new_random_name("topic-that-should-not-exist")
     header = REST_HEADERS["avro"]
     # check succeeds with 1 record and brand new schema
@@ -405,7 +423,11 @@ async def test_publish_to_nonexisting_topic(rest_async_client):
             assert res.json()["error_code"] == 40401, "Error code should be for topic not found"
 
 
-async def test_publish_with_incompatible_data(rest_async_client, registry_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish_with_incompatible_data(
+    rest_async_client: Client,
+    registry_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient,
+) -> None:
     topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
     subject_1 = f"{topic_name}-value"
 
@@ -448,7 +470,7 @@ async def test_publish_with_incompatible_data(rest_async_client, registry_async_
     assert "Object does not fit to stored schema" in res_json["message"]
 
 
-async def test_publish_with_incompatible_schema(rest_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish_with_incompatible_schema(rest_async_client: Client, admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient) -> None:
     topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic_name], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)
     url = f"/topics/{topic_name}"
@@ -493,7 +515,11 @@ async def test_publish_with_incompatible_schema(rest_async_client, admin_client)
     assert "Error when registering schema" in res_json["message"]
 
 
-async def test_publish_with_schema_id_of_another_subject(rest_async_client, registry_async_client, admin_client):
+async def test_publish_with_schema_id_of_another_subject(
+    rest_async_client: Client,
+    registry_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient,
+) -> None:
     """
     Karapace issue 658: https://github.com/aiven/karapace/issues/658
     """
@@ -560,8 +586,10 @@ async def test_publish_with_schema_id_of_another_subject(rest_async_client, regi
 
 
 async def test_publish_with_schema_id_of_another_subject_novalidation(
-    rest_async_novalidation_client, registry_async_client, admin_client
-):
+    rest_async_novalidation_client: Client,
+    registry_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient,
+) -> None:
     """
     Same as above but with name_strategy_validation disabled as config
     """
@@ -623,13 +651,17 @@ async def test_publish_with_schema_id_of_another_subject_novalidation(
     assert res.status_code == 200
 
 
-async def test_brokers(rest_async_client):
+async def test_brokers(rest_async_client: Client) -> None:
     res = await rest_async_client.get("/brokers")
     assert res.ok
     assert len(res.json()) == 1, "Only one broker should be running"
 
 
-async def test_partitions(rest_async_client, admin_client, producer):
+async def test_partitions(
+    rest_async_client: Client,
+    admin_client: KafkaRestAdminClient,
+    producer: KafkaProducer,
+) -> None:
     # TODO -> This seems to be the only combination accepted by the offsets endpoint
     topic_name = new_topic(admin_client)
     await wait_for_topics(rest_async_client, topic_names=[topic_name], timeout=NEW_TOPIC_TIMEOUT, sleep=1)