diff --git a/arango/request.py b/arango/request.py
index d0009f9a..b924a80d 100644
--- a/arango/request.py
+++ b/arango/request.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 __all__ = ["Request"]
 
+from importlib.metadata import version
 from typing import Any, MutableMapping, Optional
 
 from arango.typings import DriverFlags, Fields, Headers, Params
@@ -8,12 +9,7 @@
 def normalize_headers(
     headers: Optional[Headers], driver_flags: Optional[DriverFlags] = None
 ) -> Headers:
-    flags = ""
-    if driver_flags is not None:
-        for flag in driver_flags:
-            flags = flags + flag + ";"
-    driver_version = "7.5.3"
-    driver_header = "python-arango/" + driver_version + " (" + flags + ")"
+    driver_header = generate_driver_header(driver_flags)
     normalized_headers: Headers = {
         "charset": "utf-8",
         "content-type": "application/json",
@@ -26,6 +22,18 @@ def normalize_headers(
     return normalized_headers
 
 
+def generate_driver_header(driver_flags: Optional[DriverFlags] = None) -> str:
+    flags: str = ""
+    if driver_flags is not None:
+        for flag in driver_flags:
+            flags = flags + flag + ";"
+    name: str = "python-arango"
+    driver_version: str = ".".join(version(name).split(".")[:3])  # Only keep semver
+    driver_header: str = name + "/" + driver_version + " (" + flags + ")"
+
+    return driver_header
+
+
 def normalize_params(params: Optional[Params]) -> MutableMapping[str, str]:
     normalized_params: MutableMapping[str, str] = {}
 
diff --git a/arango/typings.py b/arango/typings.py
index 8d49e3fd..91e62685 100644
--- a/arango/typings.py
+++ b/arango/typings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__all__ = ["Fields", "Headers", "Json", "Jsons", "Params"]
+__all__ = ["Fields", "Headers", "Json", "Jsons", "Params", "DriverFlags"]
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, MutableMapping, Sequence, Union