diff --git a/cadet/cadet.py b/cadet/cadet.py
index bc7607e..a8e3a22 100644
--- a/cadet/cadet.py
+++ b/cadet/cadet.py
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ def autodetect_cadet() -> Optional[Path]:
 
         return cadet_root
 
+    @property
+    def version(self) -> str:
+        """str: The version of the CADET-Core installation."""
+        return self.cadet_runner.cadet_version
+
     @property
     def cadet_runner(self) -> CadetRunnerBase:
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_cadet.py b/tests/test_cadet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f01cd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cadet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+Test general properties of Cadet.
+"""
+
+
+import re
+import pytest
+from cadet import Cadet
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_dll", [True, False])
+def test_version(use_dll):
+    # Assuming Cadet has a method to set or configure the use of DLL
+    cadet = Cadet(use_dll=use_dll)
+
+    assert re.match(r"\d\.\d\.\d", cadet.version), "Version format should be X.X.X"
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pytest.main([__file__])
diff --git a/tests/test_parallelization.py b/tests/test_parallelization.py
index 378026e..1341dbb 100644
--- a/tests/test_parallelization.py
+++ b/tests/test_parallelization.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from cadet import Cadet
 from joblib import Parallel, delayed
-from .test_dll import setup_model
+import pytest
+from tests.test_dll import setup_model
 
 n_jobs = 2