# Version Information

## \_\_version\_\_

**Default:** `VERSION`

## version\_info

```python
def version_info() -> str
```

Return complete version information for Pydantic and its dependencies.

### Returns

[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)

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