diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/WireDataFormat/EncodeAndDecode.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/WireDataFormat/EncodeAndDecode.cs
index d99fbe211..aa22e4568 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/WireDataFormat/EncodeAndDecode.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/WireDataFormat/EncodeAndDecode.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Management.Automation;
 using System.Management.Automation.Host;
 using System.Management.Automation.Internal;
 using System.Management.Automation.Remoting;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
     /// </summary>
     internal static class RemotingConstants
     {
-        internal static readonly Version HostVersion = new Version(1, 0, 0, 0);
+        internal static readonly Version HostVersion = PSVersionInfo.PSVersion;
 
         internal static readonly Version ProtocolVersionWin7RC = new Version(2, 0);
         internal static readonly Version ProtocolVersionWin7RTM = new Version(2, 1);
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
index 27d2fceb4..a8054b471 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
@@ -345,5 +345,16 @@ Describe "Remoting loopback tests" -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
         $result = Invoke-Command -Session $openSession -ScriptBlock { $using:number }
         $result | Should -Be 100
     }
+
+    It '$Host.Version should be PSVersion' {
+        $session = New-RemoteSession -ConfigurationName $endPoint
+        try {
+            $result = Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock { $Host.Version }
+            $result | Should -Be $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
+        }
+        finally {
+            $session | Remove-PSSession -ErrorAction Ignore
+        }
+    }
 }