diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index af05203bfd39..053bb1376470 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CPU/GPU model:
 
 C++/Python/R version:
 
+LightGBM version or commit hash:
+
 ## Error message
 
 <!-- Paste error log here -->