diff --git a/core/server/models/webhook.js b/core/server/models/webhook.js
index 0adc1d52ab..63a5d13461 100644
--- a/core/server/models/webhook.js
+++ b/core/server/models/webhook.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const ghostBookshelf = require('./base');
+const ghostVersion = require('@tryghost/version');
 let Webhook;
 let Webhooks;
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ Webhook = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
 
     defaults() {
         return {
-            api_version: 'v4',
+            api_version: `v${ghostVersion.safe}`,
             status: 'available'
         };
     },
diff --git a/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap b/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
index c7ec2bfd7c..e80a9bdfc6 100644
--- a/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exports[`Webhooks API Can create a webhook 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "webhooks": Array [
     Object {
-      "api_version": "canary",
+      "api_version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
       "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}/,
       "event": "test.create",
       "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ exports[`Webhooks API Can create a webhook 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "414",
+  "content-length": "413",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
   "vary": "Origin, Accept-Encoding",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ exports[`Webhooks API Can edit a webhook 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "webhooks": Array [
     Object {
-      "api_version": "canary",
+      "api_version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
       "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}/,
       "event": "subscriber.added",
       "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ exports[`Webhooks API Can edit a webhook 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "418",
+  "content-length": "417",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
   "vary": "Origin, Accept-Encoding",
diff --git a/test/e2e-api/admin/webhooks.test.js b/test/e2e-api/admin/webhooks.test.js
index 56358dc008..e4e8428f66 100644
--- a/test/e2e-api/admin/webhooks.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e-api/admin/webhooks.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const {agentProvider, fixtureManager, matchers} = require('../../utils/e2e-framework');
-const {anyEtag, anyErrorId, anyObjectId, anyISODate} = matchers;
-const API_VERSION = 'canary';
+const {anyEtag, anyErrorId, anyObjectId, anyISODate, stringMatching} = matchers;
 
 const webhookMatcher = {
     id: anyObjectId,
+    api_version: stringMatching(/v\d+\.\d+/),
     integration_id: anyObjectId,
     created_at: anyISODate,
     updated_at: anyISODate
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ describe('Webhooks API', function () {
             target_url: 'http://example.com/webhooks/test/extra/1',
             name: 'test',
             secret: 'thisissecret',
-            api_version: API_VERSION,
             integration_id: fixtureManager.get('integrations', 0).id
         };
     });
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ describe('Webhooks API', function () {
                 target_url: 'http://example.com/webhooks/test/extra/10',
                 name: 'test',
                 secret: 'thisissecret',
-                api_version: API_VERSION,
                 integration_id: `fake-integration`
             }]})
             .expectStatus(422)