diff --git a/src/controllers/web_controller.py b/src/controllers/web_controller.py
index f452509..3a087c0 100644
--- a/src/controllers/web_controller.py
+++ b/src/controllers/web_controller.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from ..models.scoring import calculate_completeness_score
 from ..utils.analytics import log_sbom_generation, get_sbom_count
 from ..utils.formatter import export_aibom
-from ..config import TEMPLATES_DIR, OUTPUT_DIR
+from ..config import AIBOM_GEN_VERSION, TEMPLATES_DIR, OUTPUT_DIR
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ async def root(request: Request):
 
 @router.get("/status")
 async def get_status():
-    return {"status": "operational", "version": "1.0.0", "generator_version": "2.0.0"}
+    return {
+        "status": "operational",
+        "version": AIBOM_GEN_VERSION,
+        "generator_version": AIBOM_GEN_VERSION,
+    }
 
 @router.post("/generate", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def generate_form(
diff --git a/tests/test_web_controller.py b/tests/test_web_controller.py
index 93f5b04..e3c0c75 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_controller.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_controller.py
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@ def get_enhancement_report(self):
 
 
 class WebControllerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_status_uses_project_version(self):
+        app = FastAPI()
+        app.include_router(web_controller.router)
+
+        response = TestClient(app).get("/status")
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.json(),
+            {
+                "status": "operational",
+                "version": web_controller.AIBOM_GEN_VERSION,
+                "generator_version": web_controller.AIBOM_GEN_VERSION,
+            },
+        )
+
     def test_generate_route_writes_utf8_json_to_patched_output_dir(self):
         app = FastAPI()
         app.include_router(web_controller.router)