diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index 5ff03fd71d6..50365d43d8b 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import ViewPlugin from "./plugins/view"
 import ViewLegacyPlugin from "core/plugins/view-legacy"
 import DownloadUrlPlugin from "./plugins/download-url"
 import SyntaxHighlightingPlugin from "core/plugins/syntax-highlighting"
+import VersionsPlugin from "core/plugins/versions"
 import SafeRenderPlugin from "./plugins/safe-render"
 
-import win from "./window"
 import {
   defaultOptions,
   optionsFromQuery,
@@ -39,18 +39,8 @@ import {
   storeOptionsFactorization
 } from "./config"
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-const { GIT_DIRTY, GIT_COMMIT, PACKAGE_VERSION, BUILD_TIME } = buildInfo
 
 export default function SwaggerUI(userOptions) {
-  win.versions = win.versions || {}
-  win.versions.swaggerUi = {
-    version: PACKAGE_VERSION,
-    gitRevision: GIT_COMMIT,
-    gitDirty: GIT_DIRTY,
-    buildTimestamp: BUILD_TIME,
-  }
-
   const queryOptions = optionsFromQuery()(userOptions)
   let mergedOptions = mergeOptions({}, defaultOptions, userOptions, queryOptions)
   const storeOptions = storeOptionsFactorization(mergedOptions)
@@ -130,5 +120,6 @@ SwaggerUI.plugins = {
   ViewLegacy: ViewLegacyPlugin,
   DownloadUrl: DownloadUrlPlugin,
   SyntaxHighlighting: SyntaxHighlightingPlugin,
+  Versions: VersionsPlugin,
   SafeRender: SafeRenderPlugin,
 }
diff --git a/src/core/plugins/versions/after-load.js b/src/core/plugins/versions/after-load.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a20a3a6292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/plugins/versions/after-load.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @prettier
+ */
+import win from "core/window"
+
+const afterLoad = () => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+  const { GIT_DIRTY, GIT_COMMIT, PACKAGE_VERSION, BUILD_TIME } = buildInfo
+
+  win.versions = win.versions || {}
+  win.versions.swaggerUI = {
+    version: PACKAGE_VERSION,
+    gitRevision: GIT_COMMIT,
+    gitDirty: GIT_DIRTY,
+    buildTimestamp: BUILD_TIME,
+  }
+}
+
+export default afterLoad
diff --git a/src/core/plugins/versions/index.js b/src/core/plugins/versions/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36413d82e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/plugins/versions/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * @prettier
+ */
+import afterLoad from "./after-load.js"
+
+const VersionsPlugin = () => ({
+  afterLoad,
+})
+
+export default VersionsPlugin
diff --git a/src/core/presets/base/index.js b/src/core/presets/base/index.js
index b220c5949fd..15b7f6acd24 100644
--- a/src/core/presets/base/index.js
+++ b/src/core/presets/base/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import ViewPlugin from "core/plugins/view"
 import ViewLegacyPlugin from "core/plugins/view-legacy"
 import DownloadUrlPlugin from "core/plugins/download-url"
 import SyntaxHighlightingPlugin from "core/plugins/syntax-highlighting"
+import VersionsPlugin from "core/plugins/versions"
 import SafeRenderPlugin from "core/plugins/safe-render"
 // ad-hoc plugins
 import CoreComponentsPlugin from "core/presets/base/plugins/core-components"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ const BasePreset = () => [
   OnCompletePlugin,
   RequestSnippetsPlugin,
   SyntaxHighlightingPlugin,
+  VersionsPlugin,
   SafeRenderPlugin(),
 ]