diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/IJsonApiOptions.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/IJsonApiOptions.cs
index 707d1d0944..f735e9c2ef 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/IJsonApiOptions.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/IJsonApiOptions.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ internal NamingStrategy SerializerNamingStrategy
         /// </summary>
         AttrCapabilities DefaultAttrCapabilities { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates whether responses should contain a jsonapi object that contains the highest JSON:API version supported. False by default.
+        /// </summary>
+        bool IncludeJsonApiVersion { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether or not <see cref="Exception" /> stack traces should be serialized in <see cref="ErrorMeta" /> objects. False by default.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
index c1079fad58..8214b576ed 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public sealed class JsonApiOptions : IJsonApiOptions
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public AttrCapabilities DefaultAttrCapabilities { get; set; } = AttrCapabilities.All;
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public bool IncludeJsonApiVersion { get; set; }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public bool IncludeExceptionStackTraceInErrors { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/AtomicOperationsResponseSerializer.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/AtomicOperationsResponseSerializer.cs
index aeb773dd88..00d28fe23f 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/AtomicOperationsResponseSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/AtomicOperationsResponseSerializer.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ private string SerializeOperationsDocument(IEnumerable<OperationContainer> opera
                 Meta = _metaBuilder.Build()
             };
 
+            if (_options.IncludeJsonApiVersion)
+            {
+                document.JsonApi = new JsonApiObject
+                {
+                    Version = "1.1",
+                    Ext = new List<string>
+                    {
+                        "https://jsonapi.org/ext/atomic"
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
             return SerializeObject(document, _options.SerializerSettings);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/AtomicOperationsDocument.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/AtomicOperationsDocument.cs
index 8d08f5fb31..b7352ed4c6 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/AtomicOperationsDocument.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/AtomicOperationsDocument.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public sealed class AtomicOperationsDocument
         /// See "jsonapi" in https://jsonapi.org/format/#document-top-level.
         /// </summary>
         [JsonProperty("jsonapi", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
-        public IDictionary<string, object> JsonApi { get; set; }
+        public JsonApiObject JsonApi { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// See "links" in https://jsonapi.org/format/#document-top-level.
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/Document.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/Document.cs
index 386309aedd..56c79f2b86 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/Document.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/Document.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public sealed class Document : ExposableData<ResourceObject>
         /// see "jsonapi" in https://jsonapi.org/format/#document-top-level
         /// </summary>
         [JsonProperty("jsonapi", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
-        public IDictionary<string, object> JsonApi { get; set; }
+        public JsonApiObject JsonApi { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// see "links" in https://jsonapi.org/format/#document-top-level
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/JsonApiObject.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/JsonApiObject.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66682fb6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Objects/JsonApiObject.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Serialization.Objects
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// https://jsonapi.org/format/1.1/#document-jsonapi-object.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class JsonApiObject
+    {
+        [JsonProperty("version", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
+        public string Version { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonProperty("ext", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
+        public ICollection<string> Ext { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonProperty("profile", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
+        public ICollection<string> Profile { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// see "meta" in https://jsonapi.org/format/1.1/#document-meta
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("meta", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
+        public IDictionary<string, object> Meta { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/ResponseSerializer.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/ResponseSerializer.cs
index fb0b60f5fd..8e2dbd41f1 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/ResponseSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/ResponseSerializer.cs
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ internal string SerializeMany(IReadOnlyCollection<IIdentifiable> resources)
         /// </summary>
         private void AddTopLevelObjects(Document document)
         {
+            if (_options.IncludeJsonApiVersion)
+            {
+                document.JsonApi = new JsonApiObject
+                {
+                    Version = "1.1"
+                };
+            }
+
             document.Links = _linkBuilder.GetTopLevelLinks();
             document.Meta = _metaBuilder.Build();
             document.Included = _includedBuilder.Build();
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/AtomicOperations/Mixed/AtomicSerializationTests.cs b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/AtomicOperations/Mixed/AtomicSerializationTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52dd8b2efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/AtomicOperations/Mixed/AtomicSerializationTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using JsonApiDotNetCore.Configuration;
+using JsonApiDotNetCore.Resources;
+using JsonApiDotNetCoreExample.Controllers;
+using JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.Startups;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using TestBuildingBlocks;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.IntegrationTests.AtomicOperations.Mixed
+{
+    public sealed class AtomicSerializationTests : IClassFixture<ExampleIntegrationTestContext<TestableStartup<OperationsDbContext>, OperationsDbContext>>
+    {
+        private readonly ExampleIntegrationTestContext<TestableStartup<OperationsDbContext>, OperationsDbContext> _testContext;
+        private readonly OperationsFakers _fakers = new OperationsFakers();
+
+        public AtomicSerializationTests(ExampleIntegrationTestContext<TestableStartup<OperationsDbContext>, OperationsDbContext> testContext)
+        {
+            _testContext = testContext;
+
+            testContext.UseController<OperationsController>();
+
+            testContext.ConfigureServicesAfterStartup(services =>
+            {
+                services.AddScoped(typeof(IResourceChangeTracker<>), typeof(NeverSameResourceChangeTracker<>));
+            });
+
+            var options = (JsonApiOptions)testContext.Factory.Services.GetRequiredService<IJsonApiOptions>();
+            options.IncludeJsonApiVersion = true;
+            options.AllowClientGeneratedIds = true;
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Includes_version_with_ext_on_operations_endpoint()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            const int newArtistId = 12345;
+            string newArtistName = _fakers.Performer.Generate().ArtistName;
+
+            await _testContext.RunOnDatabaseAsync(async dbContext =>
+            {
+                await dbContext.ClearTableAsync<Performer>();
+            });
+
+            var requestBody = new
+            {
+                atomic__operations = new[]
+                {
+                    new
+                    {
+                        op = "add",
+                        data = new
+                        {
+                            type = "performers",
+                            id = newArtistId,
+                            attributes = new
+                            {
+                                artistName = newArtistName
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            const string route = "/operations";
+
+            // Act
+            (HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, string responseDocument) = await _testContext.ExecutePostAtomicAsync<string>(route, requestBody);
+
+            // Assert
+            httpResponse.Should().HaveStatusCode(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+            responseDocument.Should().BeJson(@"{
+  ""jsonapi"": {
+    ""version"": ""1.1"",
+    ""ext"": [
+      ""https://jsonapi.org/ext/atomic""
+    ]
+  },
+  ""atomic:results"": [
+    {
+      ""data"": {
+        ""type"": ""performers"",
+        ""id"": """ + newArtistId + @""",
+        ""attributes"": {
+          ""artistName"": """ + newArtistName + @""",
+          ""bornAt"": ""0001-01-01T01:00:00+01:00""
+        },
+        ""links"": {
+          ""self"": ""http://localhost/performers/" + newArtistId + @"""
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
index c9e5c821d7..bd603c745d 100644
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/IntegrationTests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public SerializationTests(ExampleIntegrationTestContext<TestableStartup<Serializ
             var options = (JsonApiOptions)testContext.Factory.Services.GetRequiredService<IJsonApiOptions>();
             options.IncludeExceptionStackTraceInErrors = false;
             options.AllowClientGeneratedIds = true;
+            options.IncludeJsonApiVersion = false;
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -555,6 +556,40 @@ await _testContext.RunOnDatabaseAsync(async dbContext =>
       ""self"": ""http://localhost/meetingAttendees/" + existingAttendee.StringId + @"""
     }
   }
+}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Includes_version_on_resource_endpoint()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var options = (JsonApiOptions)_testContext.Factory.Services.GetRequiredService<IJsonApiOptions>();
+            options.IncludeJsonApiVersion = true;
+
+            MeetingAttendee attendee = _fakers.MeetingAttendee.Generate();
+
+            await _testContext.RunOnDatabaseAsync(async dbContext =>
+            {
+                dbContext.Attendees.Add(attendee);
+                await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
+            });
+
+            string route = $"/meetingAttendees/{attendee.StringId}/meeting";
+
+            // Act
+            (HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, string responseDocument) = await _testContext.ExecuteGetAsync<string>(route);
+
+            // Assert
+            httpResponse.Should().HaveStatusCode(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+            responseDocument.Should().BeJson(@"{
+  ""jsonapi"": {
+    ""version"": ""1.1""
+  },
+  ""links"": {
+    ""self"": ""http://localhost/meetingAttendees/" + attendee.StringId + @"/meeting""
+  },
+  ""data"": null
 }");
         }
     }