diff --git a/packages/cli/src/CLIHelper.ts b/packages/cli/src/CLIHelper.ts
index 40e10680a5b9..f70c1ebab5b0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/CLIHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/CLIHelper.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class CLIHelper {
     // noinspection HtmlDeprecatedTag
     return yargs
       .scriptName('mikro-orm')
-      .version(CLIHelper.getORMVersion())
+      .version(Utils.getORMVersion())
       .usage('Usage: $0 <command> [options]')
       .example('$0 schema:update --run', 'Runs schema synchronization')
       .alias('v', 'version')
@@ -66,17 +66,6 @@ export class CLIHelper {
       .strict();
   }
 
-  static getORMVersion(): string {
-    /* istanbul ignore next */
-    try {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-      return require('../package.json').version;
-    } catch {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-      return require('./package.json').version;
-    }
-  }
-
   static getNodeVersion(): string {
     return process.versions.node;
   }
@@ -105,7 +94,7 @@ export class CLIHelper {
 
   static async dumpDependencies() {
     CLIHelper.dump(' - dependencies:');
-    CLIHelper.dump(`   - mikro-orm ${c.green(CLIHelper.getORMVersion())}`);
+    CLIHelper.dump(`   - mikro-orm ${c.green(Utils.getORMVersion())}`);
     CLIHelper.dump(`   - node ${c.green(CLIHelper.getNodeVersion())}`);
 
     if (await pathExists(process.cwd() + '/package.json')) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/cache/FileCacheAdapter.ts b/packages/core/src/cache/FileCacheAdapter.ts
index 6f2f3d4aa3bb..697e4d2f7f01 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/cache/FileCacheAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/cache/FileCacheAdapter.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { Utils } from '../utils';
 
 export class FileCacheAdapter implements CacheAdapter {
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+  private readonly VERSION = Utils.getORMVersion();
+
   constructor(private readonly options: { cacheDir: string },
               private readonly baseDir: string,
               private readonly pretty = false) { }
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ export class FileCacheAdapter implements CacheAdapter {
     ]);
 
     const opts = this.pretty ? { spaces: 2 } : {};
-    await writeJSON(path!, { data, origin, hash }, opts);
+    await writeJSON(path!, { data, origin, hash, version: this.VERSION }, opts);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ export class FileCacheAdapter implements CacheAdapter {
 
     const contents = await readFile(origin);
 
-    return Utils.hash(contents.toString());
+    return Utils.hash(contents.toString() + this.VERSION);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/Utils.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/Utils.ts
index eb70f67357e9..1bfa48c7cfe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/Utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/Utils.ts
@@ -618,4 +618,17 @@ export class Utils {
     return (createRequire || createRequireFromPath)(resolve(from))(id);
   }
 
+  static getORMVersion(): string {
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    try {
+      // this works with ts-node during development (where we have `src` folder)
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+      return require('../../package.json').version;
+    } catch {
+      // this works with node in production build (where we do not have the `src` folder)
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+      return require('../package.json').version;
+    }
+  }
+
 }