diff --git a/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp b/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
index e38ae8c8300..bba7d004c60 100644
--- a/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
+++ b/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "Utils/RelativeCellPosition.H"
 #include "Utils/WarpXAlgorithmSelection.H"
 #include "Utils/WarpXProfilerWrapper.H"
+#include "Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H"
 #include "WarpX.H"
 #include "OpenPMDHelpFunction.H"
 
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ WarpXOpenPMDPlot::Init (openPMD::Access access, bool isBTD)
     uint32_t const openPMD_ED_PIC = 1u;
     m_Series->setOpenPMDextension( openPMD_ED_PIC );
     // meta info
-    m_Series->setSoftware( "WarpX", WarpX::Version() );
+    m_Series->setSoftware( "WarpX", warpx::Version() );
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/Source/Initialization/WarpXInitData.cpp b/Source/Initialization/WarpXInitData.cpp
index 3d78615fbc3..bf68f532a90 100644
--- a/Source/Initialization/WarpXInitData.cpp
+++ b/Source/Initialization/WarpXInitData.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "Utils/WarpXConst.H"
 #include "Utils/WarpXProfilerWrapper.H"
 #include "Utils/WarpXUtil.H"
+#include "Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H"
 #include "Python/callbacks.H"
 
 #include <ablastr/fields/MultiFabRegister.H>
@@ -514,10 +515,10 @@ WarpX::InitData ()
     ablastr::parallelization::check_mpi_thread_level();
 
 #ifdef WARPX_QED
-    Print() << "PICSAR (" << WarpX::PicsarVersion() << ")\n";
+    Print() << "PICSAR (" << warpx::PicsarVersion() << ")\n";
 #endif
 
-    Print() << "WarpX (" << WarpX::Version() << ")\n";
+    Print() << "WarpX (" << warpx::Version() << ")\n";
 
     Print() << utils::logo::get_logo();
 
diff --git a/Source/Python/pyWarpX.cpp b/Source/Python/pyWarpX.cpp
index e128599abd0..cbc701d6db5 100644
--- a/Source/Python/pyWarpX.cpp
+++ b/Source/Python/pyWarpX.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(PYWARPX_MODULE_NAME, m) {
     m.attr("__version__") = MACRO_STRINGIFY(PYWARPX_VERSION_INFO);
 #else
     // note: not necessarily PEP-440 compliant
-    m.attr("__version__") = WarpX::Version();
+    m.attr("__version__") = warpx::Version();
 #endif
 
     // authors
diff --git a/Source/Utils/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 82053bfc88a..9b72e9cf21f 100644
--- a/Source/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ foreach(D IN LISTS WarpX_DIMS)
         WarpXMovingWindow.cpp
         WarpXTagging.cpp
         WarpXUtil.cpp
-        WarpXVersion.cpp
+        WarpXGetVersion.cpp
     )
 endforeach()
 
diff --git a/Source/Utils/Make.package b/Source/Utils/Make.package
index dc1f1da5c4c..758caa376e5 100644
--- a/Source/Utils/Make.package
+++ b/Source/Utils/Make.package
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CEXE_sources += WarpXMovingWindow.cpp
 CEXE_sources += WarpXTagging.cpp
 CEXE_sources += WarpXUtil.cpp
-CEXE_sources += WarpXVersion.cpp
+CEXE_sources += WarpXGetVersion.cpp
 CEXE_sources += Interpolate.cpp
 CEXE_sources += IntervalsParser.cpp
 CEXE_sources += RelativeCellPosition.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H b/Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78cfe8e27f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* Copyright 2025 Axel Huebl, Luca Fedeli
+ *
+ * This file is part of WarpX.
+ *
+ * License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
+ */
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef WARPX_GET_VERSION_H_
+#define WARPX_GET_VERSION_H_
+
+namespace warpx
+{
+    [[nodiscard]] std::string Version () noexcept; //!< Version of WarpX executable
+
+    [[nodiscard]] std::string PicsarVersion () noexcept; //!< Version of PICSAR dependency
+}
+
+#endif //WARPX_GET_VERSION_H_
diff --git a/Source/Utils/WarpXVersion.cpp b/Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.cpp
similarity index 76%
rename from Source/Utils/WarpXVersion.cpp
rename to Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.cpp
index 41abfebb38c..05109e16c02 100644
--- a/Source/Utils/WarpXVersion.cpp
+++ b/Source/Utils/WarpXGetVersion.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-/* Copyright 2022 Axel Huebl
+/* Copyright 2025 Axel Huebl, Luca Fedeli
  *
  * This file is part of WarpX.
  *
  * License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
  */
-#include "WarpX.H"
-#include "Utils/WarpXVersion.H"
 
-#include <string>
+#include "Utils/WarpXGetVersion.H"
 
+#include "Utils/WarpXVersion.H"
 
-std::string
-WarpX::Version ()
+std::string warpx::Version () noexcept
 {
     std::string version;
 #ifdef WARPX_GIT_VERSION
@@ -24,8 +22,7 @@ WarpX::Version ()
     }
 }
 
-std::string
-WarpX::PicsarVersion ()
+std::string warpx::PicsarVersion () noexcept
 {
     std::string version;
 #ifdef PICSAR_GIT_VERSION
diff --git a/Source/WarpX.H b/Source/WarpX.H
index f500347febc..35e0fb63fb9 100644
--- a/Source/WarpX.H
+++ b/Source/WarpX.H
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ public:
     /** Move operator */
     WarpX& operator= ( WarpX && ) = delete;
 
-    static std::string Version (); //!< Version of WarpX executable
-    static std::string PicsarVersion (); //!< Version of PICSAR dependency
-
     [[nodiscard]] int Verbose () const { return verbose; }
 
     [[nodiscard]] const amrex::Array<FieldBoundaryType,AMREX_SPACEDIM>& GetFieldBoundaryLo () const