diff --git a/Utilities/StorageFactory/BuildFile.xml b/Utilities/StorageFactory/BuildFile.xml
index 356c6fa6da0a7..310b419ddef13 100644
--- a/Utilities/StorageFactory/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/Utilities/StorageFactory/BuildFile.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <use name="FWCore/MessageLogger"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Utilities"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ServiceRegistry"/>
+<use name="FWCore/Version"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
 <use name="openssl"/>
 <use name="tbb"/>
diff --git a/Utilities/StorageFactory/src/StatisticsSenderService.cc b/Utilities/StorageFactory/src/StatisticsSenderService.cc
index 342aa0da0eb07..aca9ed9c46473 100644
--- a/Utilities/StorageFactory/src/StatisticsSenderService.cc
+++ b/Utilities/StorageFactory/src/StatisticsSenderService.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "FWCore/ServiceRegistry/interface/Service.h"
 #include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
 #include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/processGUID.h"
+#include "FWCore/Version/interface/GetReleaseVersion.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <cmath>
@@ -383,6 +384,9 @@ void StatisticsSenderService::fillUDP(const std::string &siteName,
   if (!siteName.empty()) {
     os << "\"site_name\":\"" << siteName << "\", ";
   }
+  // edm::getReleaseVersion() returns a string that includes quotation
+  // marks, therefore they are not added here
+  os << "\"cmssw_version\":" << edm::getReleaseVersion() << ", ";
   if (usedFallback) {
     os << "\"fallback\": true, ";
   } else {
diff --git a/Utilities/StorageFactory/test/test_file_statistics_sender.sh b/Utilities/StorageFactory/test/test_file_statistics_sender.sh
index 523da45696e34..a9c16531db365 100755
--- a/Utilities/StorageFactory/test/test_file_statistics_sender.sh
+++ b/Utilities/StorageFactory/test/test_file_statistics_sender.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 # Pass in name and status
 function die { echo $1: status $2 ;  exit $2; }
 
+function testJSON {
+    # The JSON document is on one line, using an arbitrary key here to
+    # extract all of the documents into a separte file
+    grep cmssw_version $1 > test.json
+    python3 <<EOF
+import json
+with open('test.json') as f:
+    for line in f:
+        json.loads(line)
+EOF
+    RET=$?
+    if [ "x$RET" != "x0" ]; then
+        echo "Invalid JSON in $1:"
+        cat test.json
+        exit $RET
+    fi
+}
+
 LOCAL_TEST_DIR=${CMSSW_BASE}/src/Utilities/StorageFactory/test
 LOCAL_TMP_DIR=${CMSSW_BASE}/tmp/${SCRAM_ARCH}
 
@@ -16,6 +34,8 @@ rm make_2nd_file.log
 
 cmsRun ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test_single_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py &> test_single_file_statistics_sender.log || die "cmsRun test_single_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py" $?
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_first.root"' test_single_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for single file" 1
+grep -q "\"cmssw_version\":\"$CMSSW_VERSION\"" test_single_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for CMSSW version" 1
+testJSON test_single_file_statistics_sender.log
 rm test_single_file_statistics_sender.log
 
 cmsRun ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py &> test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log || die "cmsRun test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py" $?
@@ -23,11 +43,13 @@ grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_b.root"' test_multiple_files_file_statisti
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_c.root"' test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file c in multiple files" 1
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_d.root"' test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file d in multiple files" 1
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_e.root"' test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file e in multiple files" 1
+testJSON test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log
 rm test_multiple_files_file_statistics_sender.log
 
 cmsRun ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test_multi_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py &> test_multi_file_statistics_sender.log || die "cmsRun test_multi_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py" $?
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_first.root"' test_multi_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file first in multi file" 1
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_second.root"' test_multi_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file second in multi file" 1
+testJSON test_multi_file_statistics_sender.log
 rm test_multi_file_statistics_sender.log
 
 cmsRun ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test_secondary_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py &> test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log || die "cmsRun test_secondary_file_statistics_sender_cfg.py" $?
@@ -36,6 +58,7 @@ grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_b.root"' test_secondary_file_statistics_se
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_c.root"' test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file 'c' in secondary files"  1
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_d.root"' test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file 'd' in secondary files"  1
 grep -q '"file_lfn":"file:stat_sender_e.root"' test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log || die "no StatisticsSenderService output for file 'e' in secondary files"  1
+testJSON test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log
 rm test_secondary_file_statistics_sender.log
 
-popd
\ No newline at end of file
+popd