diff --git a/discord/__init__.py b/discord/__init__.py
index 17edda9011..702a2becf6 100644
--- a/discord/__init__.py
+++ b/discord/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 from .file import *
 from .flags import *
 from .guild import *
+from .http import *
 from .integrations import *
 from .interactions import *
 from .invite import *
diff --git a/discord/http.py b/discord/http.py
index 1d137a52f6..2a01363206 100644
--- a/discord/http.py
+++ b/discord/http.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
     MU = TypeVar("MU", bound="MaybeUnlock")
     Response = Coroutine[Any, Any, T]
 
+API_VERSION: int = 10
+
 
 async def json_or_text(response: aiohttp.ClientResponse) -> Union[Dict[str, Any], str]:
     text = await response.text(encoding="utf-8")
@@ -112,12 +114,10 @@ async def json_or_text(response: aiohttp.ClientResponse) -> Union[Dict[str, Any]
 
 
 class Route:
-    BASE: ClassVar[str] = "https://discord.com/api/v10"
-
     def __init__(self, method: str, path: str, **parameters: Any) -> None:
         self.path: str = path
         self.method: str = method
-        url = self.BASE + self.path
+        url = self.base + self.path
         if parameters:
             url = url.format_map({k: _uriquote(v) if isinstance(v, str) else v for k, v in parameters.items()})
         self.url: str = url
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ def __init__(self, method: str, path: str, **parameters: Any) -> None:
         self.webhook_id: Optional[Snowflake] = parameters.get("webhook_id")
         self.webhook_token: Optional[str] = parameters.get("webhook_token")
 
+    @property
+    def base(self) -> str:
+        return f"https://discord.com/api/v{API_VERSION}"
+
     @property
     def bucket(self) -> str:
         # the bucket is just method + path w/ major parameters
@@ -2454,10 +2458,10 @@ async def get_gateway(self, *, encoding: str = "json", zlib: bool = True) -> str
         except HTTPException as exc:
             raise GatewayNotFound() from exc
         if zlib:
-            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v=10&compress=zlib-stream"
+            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v={2}&compress=zlib-stream"
         else:
-            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v=10"
-        return value.format(data["url"], encoding)
+            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v={2}"
+        return value.format(data["url"], encoding, API_VERSION)
 
     async def get_bot_gateway(self, *, encoding: str = "json", zlib: bool = True) -> Tuple[int, str]:
         try:
@@ -2466,10 +2470,10 @@ async def get_bot_gateway(self, *, encoding: str = "json", zlib: bool = True) ->
             raise GatewayNotFound() from exc
 
         if zlib:
-            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v=10&compress=zlib-stream"
+            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v={2}&compress=zlib-stream"
         else:
-            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v=10"
-        return data["shards"], value.format(data["url"], encoding)
+            value = "{0}?encoding={1}&v={2}"
+        return data["shards"], value.format(data["url"], encoding, API_VERSION)
 
     def get_user(self, user_id: Snowflake) -> Response[user.User]:
         return self.request(Route("GET", "/users/{user_id}", user_id=user_id))