diff --git a/autotests/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
index e91ef57923..6c7868e3f8 100644
--- a/autotests/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ kwineffects_unit_tests(
     timelinetest
 )
 
-add_executable(kwinglplatformtest kwinglplatformtest.cpp mock_gl.cpp ../../src/libkwineffects/glplatform.cpp ../../src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp)
+add_executable(kwinglplatformtest kwinglplatformtest.cpp mock_gl.cpp ../../src/libkwineffects/glplatform.cpp ../../src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp ../../src/libkwineffects/version.cpp)
 add_test(NAME kwineffects-kwinglplatformtest COMMAND kwinglplatformtest)
 target_link_libraries(kwinglplatformtest Qt::Test Qt::Gui KF6::ConfigCore XCB::XCB)
 ecm_mark_as_test(kwinglplatformtest)
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bac5f8308..f13aeee9eb 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ set(kwin_GLUTILSLIB_SRCS
     openglcontext.cpp
     rendertarget.cpp
     renderviewport.cpp
+    version.cpp
 )
 
 add_library(kwinglutils SHARED ${kwin_GLUTILSLIB_SRCS})
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp b/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp
index cc3f8d19ff..2b7fbf4104 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.cpp
@@ -16,75 +16,6 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-Version::Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t patch)
-    : m_major(major)
-    , m_minor(minor)
-    , m_patch(patch)
-{
-}
-
-int Version::operator<=>(const Version &other) const
-{
-    if (m_major != other.m_major) {
-        return m_major - other.m_major;
-    }
-    if (m_minor != other.m_minor) {
-        return m_minor - other.m_minor;
-    }
-    return m_patch - other.m_patch;
-}
-
-bool Version::operator==(const Version &other) const
-{
-    return other.major() == major() && other.minor() == minor() && other.patch() == patch();
-}
-
-bool Version::isValid() const
-{
-    return m_major > 0 || m_minor > 0 || m_patch > 0;
-}
-
-uint32_t Version::major() const
-{
-    return m_major;
-}
-
-uint32_t Version::minor() const
-{
-    return m_minor;
-}
-
-uint32_t Version::patch() const
-{
-    return m_patch;
-}
-
-Version Version::parseString(QByteArrayView versionString)
-{
-    // Skip any leading non digit
-    int start = 0;
-    while (start < versionString.length() && !QChar::fromLatin1(versionString[start]).isDigit()) {
-        start++;
-    }
-
-    // Strip any non digit, non '.' characters from the end
-    int end = start;
-    while (end < versionString.length() && (versionString[end] == '.' || QChar::fromLatin1(versionString[end]).isDigit())) {
-        end++;
-    }
-
-    const QByteArray result = versionString.toByteArray().mid(start, end - start);
-    const QList<QByteArray> tokens = result.split('.');
-    if (tokens.empty()) {
-        return Version(0, 0, 0);
-    }
-    const uint64_t major = tokens.at(0).toInt();
-    const uint64_t minor = tokens.count() > 1 ? tokens.at(1).toInt() : 0;
-    const uint64_t patch = tokens.count() > 2 ? tokens.at(2).toInt() : 0;
-
-    return Version(major, minor, patch);
-}
-
 static QSet<QByteArray> getExtensions(OpenGlContext *context)
 {
     QSet<QByteArray> ret;
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.h b/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.h
index 30af84f624..9e92a7f03b 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.h
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/openglcontext.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 */
 #pragma once
 #include "libkwineffects/kwinglutils_export.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -18,27 +19,6 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class KWINGLUTILS_EXPORT Version
-{
-public:
-    Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t patch = 0);
-    Version() = default;
-
-    int operator<=>(const Version &other) const;
-    bool operator==(const Version &other) const;
-    bool isValid() const;
-    uint32_t major() const;
-    uint32_t minor() const;
-    uint32_t patch() const;
-
-    static Version parseString(QByteArrayView versionString);
-
-private:
-    uint32_t m_major = 0;
-    uint32_t m_minor = 0;
-    uint32_t m_patch = 0;
-};
-
 class KWINGLUTILS_EXPORT OpenGlContext
 {
 public:
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/version.cpp b/src/libkwineffects/version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ad45cd56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+    KWin - the KDE window manager
+    This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Xaver Hugl <xaver.hugl@gmail.com>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+#include "version.h"
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QChar>
+#include <QList>
+
+namespace KWin
+{
+
+Version::Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t patch)
+    : m_major(major)
+    , m_minor(minor)
+    , m_patch(patch)
+{
+}
+
+bool Version::isValid() const
+{
+    return m_major > 0 || m_minor > 0 || m_patch > 0;
+}
+
+uint32_t Version::major() const
+{
+    return m_major;
+}
+
+uint32_t Version::minor() const
+{
+    return m_minor;
+}
+
+uint32_t Version::patch() const
+{
+    return m_patch;
+}
+
+Version Version::parseString(QByteArrayView versionString)
+{
+    // Skip any leading non digit
+    int start = 0;
+    while (start < versionString.length() && !QChar::fromLatin1(versionString[start]).isDigit()) {
+        start++;
+    }
+
+    // Strip any non digit, non '.' characters from the end
+    int end = start;
+    while (end < versionString.length() && (versionString[end] == '.' || QChar::fromLatin1(versionString[end]).isDigit())) {
+        end++;
+    }
+
+    const QByteArray result = versionString.toByteArray().mid(start, end - start);
+    const QList<QByteArray> tokens = result.split('.');
+    if (tokens.empty()) {
+        return Version(0, 0, 0);
+    }
+    const uint64_t major = tokens.at(0).toInt();
+    const uint64_t minor = tokens.count() > 1 ? tokens.at(1).toInt() : 0;
+    const uint64_t patch = tokens.count() > 2 ? tokens.at(2).toInt() : 0;
+
+    return Version(major, minor, patch);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/version.h b/src/libkwineffects/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78b883b1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+    KWin - the KDE window manager
+    This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Xaver Hugl <xaver.hugl@gmail.com>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+#pragma once
+#include "libkwineffects/kwinglutils_export.h"
+
+#include <QByteArrayView>
+
+namespace KWin
+{
+
+class KWINGLUTILS_EXPORT Version
+{
+public:
+    Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t patch = 0);
+    Version() = default;
+
+    auto operator<=>(const Version &other) const = default;
+    bool isValid() const;
+    uint32_t major() const;
+    uint32_t minor() const;
+    uint32_t patch() const;
+
+    static Version parseString(QByteArrayView versionString);
+
+private:
+    uint32_t m_major = 0;
+    uint32_t m_minor = 0;
+    uint32_t m_patch = 0;
+};
+
+}