diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
index f64fdd40..af585eec 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> Wrapper<P> {
     /// the JSON in the relevant plugin API methods instead.
     pub fn get_state_object(&self) -> PluginState {
         unsafe {
-            state::serialize_object(
+            state::serialize_object::<P>(
                 self.params.clone(),
                 state::make_params_iter(&self.param_by_hash, &self.param_id_to_hash),
             )
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> Wrapper<P> {
         check_null_ptr!(false, plugin, stream);
         let wrapper = &*(plugin as *const Self);
 
-        let serialized = state::serialize_json(
+        let serialized = state::serialize_json::<P>(
             wrapper.params.clone(),
             state::make_params_iter(&wrapper.param_by_hash, &wrapper.param_id_to_hash),
         );
diff --git a/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
index d68f6b62..729fb3b9 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> Wrapper<P, B> {
     /// the JSON in the relevant plugin API methods instead.
     pub fn get_state_object(&self) -> PluginState {
         unsafe {
-            state::serialize_object(
+            state::serialize_object::<P>(
                 self.params.clone(),
                 self.param_map
                     .iter()
diff --git a/src/wrapper/state.rs b/src/wrapper/state.rs
index 6419ce93..14a91a9f 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/state.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/state.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::param::internals::{ParamPtr, Params};
 use crate::param::{Param, ParamMut};
-use crate::plugin::BufferConfig;
+use crate::plugin::{BufferConfig, Plugin};
 
 // These state objects are also exposed directly to the plugin so it can do its own internal preset
 // management
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ pub enum ParamValue {
 /// The fields are stored as `BTreeMap`s so the order in the serialized file is consistent.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct PluginState {
+    /// The plugin version this state was saved with. Right now this is not used, but later versions
+    /// of NIH-plug may allow you to modify the plugin state object directly before it is loaded to
+    /// allow migrating plugin states between breaking parameter changes.
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    ///
+    /// If the saved state is very old, then this field may be empty.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub version: String,
+
     /// The plugin's parameter values. These are stored unnormalized. This mean sthe old values will
     /// be recalled when when the parameter's range gets increased. Doing so may still mess with
     /// parameter automation though, depending on how the host impelments that.
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ pub(crate) fn make_params_getter<'a>(
 /// allow passing the raw object directly to the plugin. The parameters are not pulled directly from
 /// `plugin_params` by default to avoid unnecessary allocations in the `.param_map()` method, as the
 /// plugin wrappers will already have a list of parameters handy. See [`make_params_iter()`].
-pub(crate) unsafe fn serialize_object<'a>(
+pub(crate) unsafe fn serialize_object<'a, P: Plugin>(
     plugin_params: Arc<dyn Params>,
     params_iter: impl IntoIterator<Item = (&'a String, ParamPtr)>,
 ) -> PluginState {
@@ -112,17 +122,21 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn serialize_object<'a>(
     // storing things like sample data.
     let fields = plugin_params.serialize_fields();
 
-    PluginState { params, fields }
+    PluginState {
+        version: String::from(P::VERSION),
+        params,
+        fields,
+    }
 }
 
 /// Serialize a plugin's state to a vector containing JSON data. This can (and should) be shared
 /// across plugin formats. If the `zstd` feature is enabled, then the state will be compressed using
 /// Zstandard.
-pub(crate) unsafe fn serialize_json<'a>(
+pub(crate) unsafe fn serialize_json<'a, P: Plugin>(
     plugin_params: Arc<dyn Params>,
     params_iter: impl IntoIterator<Item = (&'a String, ParamPtr)>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let plugin_state = serialize_object(plugin_params, params_iter);
+    let plugin_state = serialize_object::<P>(plugin_params, params_iter);
     let json = serde_json::to_vec(&plugin_state).context("Could not format as JSON")?;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "zstd")]
diff --git a/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs b/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
index 4a5a79d6..9f6d4984 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> WrapperInner<P> {
     /// the JSON in the relevant plugin API methods instead.
     pub fn get_state_object(&self) -> PluginState {
         unsafe {
-            state::serialize_object(
+            state::serialize_object::<P>(
                 self.params.clone(),
                 state::make_params_iter(&self.param_by_hash, &self.param_id_to_hash),
             )
diff --git a/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
index c2c89514..fe81ef8e 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> IComponent for Wrapper<P> {
 
         let state = state.upgrade().unwrap();
 
-        let serialized = state::serialize_json(
+        let serialized = state::serialize_json::<P>(
             self.inner.params.clone(),
             state::make_params_iter(&self.inner.param_by_hash, &self.inner.param_id_to_hash),
         );
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> IAudioProcessor for Wrapper<P> {
                 return kInvalidArgument;
             }
         } else if dir == vst3_sys::vst::BusDirections::kOutput as i32 {
-            let aux_outputs_only = P::DEFAULT_OUTPUT_CHANNELS == 0 && P::DEFAULT_AUX_OUTPUTS.is_some();
+            let aux_outputs_only =
+                P::DEFAULT_OUTPUT_CHANNELS == 0 && P::DEFAULT_AUX_OUTPUTS.is_some();
             let aux_output_start_idx = if aux_outputs_only { 0 } else { 1 };
             if (!aux_outputs_only || no_main_audio_io) && index == 0 {
                 bus_config.num_output_channels