diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3bc140e77843c..ac9e84c88b934 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ New library functions
 * `Iterators.flatmap` was added ([#44792]).
 * New helper `Splat(f)` which acts like `x -> f(x...)`, with pretty printing for
   inspecting which function `f` was originally wrapped. ([#42717])
+* New `pkgversion(m::Module)` function to get the version of the package that loaded
+  a given module, similar to `pkgdir(m::Module)`. ([#45607])
 
 Library changes
 ---------------
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 6c1cdcc8b7d77..304d48d24bdcd 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ export
     parentmodule,
     pathof,
     pkgdir,
+    pkgversion,
     names,
     which,
     @isdefined,
diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index f2cf385e33643..88ba1050d2b02 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -437,6 +437,26 @@ function pkgdir(m::Module, paths::String...)
     return joinpath(dirname(dirname(path)), paths...)
 end
 
+"""
+    pkgversion(m::Module)
+
+Return the version of the package that imported module `m`,
+or `nothing` if `m` was not imported from a package, or imported
+from a package without a version field set.
+
+The version is read from the package's Project.toml during package
+load.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.9"
+    This function was introduced in Julia 1.9.
+"""
+function pkgversion(m::Module)
+    rootmodule = moduleroot(m)
+    pkg = PkgId(rootmodule)
+    pkgorigin = get(pkgorigins, pkg, nothing)
+    return pkgorigin === nothing ? nothing : pkgorigin.version
+end
+
 ## generic project & manifest API ##
 
 const project_names = ("JuliaProject.toml", "Project.toml")
diff --git a/doc/src/base/base.md b/doc/src/base/base.md
index 65334e7c4b677..38d9d788eee35 100644
--- a/doc/src/base/base.md
+++ b/doc/src/base/base.md
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ Base.nameof(::Module)
 Base.parentmodule
 Base.pathof(::Module)
 Base.pkgdir(::Module)
+Base.pkgversion(::Module)
 Base.moduleroot
 __module__
 __source__
diff --git a/test/loading.jl b/test/loading.jl
index 39e4790eee9d3..dd9aa66da196f 100644
--- a/test/loading.jl
+++ b/test/loading.jl
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ module NotPkgModule; end
         @test pkgdir(NotPkgModule, "src") === nothing
     end
 
+    @testset "pkgversion" begin
+        @test pkgversion(Foo) == v"1.2.3"
+        @test pkgversion(Foo.SubFoo1) == v"1.2.3"
+        @test pkgversion(Foo.SubFoo2) == v"1.2.3"
+        @test pkgversion(NotPkgModule) === nothing
+    end
+
 end
 
 ## systematic generation of test environments ##
diff --git a/test/project/deps/Foo1/Project.toml b/test/project/deps/Foo1/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b15bdfc656a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/project/deps/Foo1/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name = "Foo"
+uuid = "1a6589dc-c33c-4d54-9a54-f7fc4b3ff616"
+version = "1.2.3"