diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-validate.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-validate.yml
index 674bed1a6a..cb6f09b7c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-validate.yml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             content-pack-build-escu.tar.gz
             content-pack-build-ssa.tar.gz
-  
+
   build-package:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [validate-content, build-sources]
@@ -543,7 +543,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           source venv/bin/activate
           python3 contentctl.py --path . generate --product API --output dist/api
-      
+
+      - name: Generate content version and timestamp JSON
+        run : |
+            curl -o version-api.json https://api.github.com/repositories/162346001/releases/latest
+            VERSION_VAL=$(cat version-api.json | jq '.name')
+            VERSION_TS=$(cat version-api.json | jq '.published_at')
+            echo "{\"version\":{\"name\":$VERSION_VAL,\"published_at\":$VERSION_TS}}" > dist/api/version.json
+            echo "contents of version.json:"
+            cat dist/api/version.json
+
+
       #Official, Verified Amazon-AWS Github Account Provided Action
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
         with: