diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 9cf609049..caf91adff 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ library
                  hslua-module-path     >= 1.0      && < 1.1,
                  hslua-module-system   >= 1.0      && < 1.1,
                  hslua-module-text     >= 1.0      && < 1.1,
+                 hslua-module-version  >= 1.0      && < 1.1,
                  http-client           >= 0.4.30   && < 0.8,
                  http-client-tls       >= 0.2.4    && < 0.4,
                  http-types            >= 0.8      && < 0.13,
@@ -783,7 +784,6 @@ library
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.PandocError,
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.ReaderOptions,
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.SimpleTable,
-                   Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version,
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.MediaBag,
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.Pandoc,
                    Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.System,
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Global.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Global.hs
index df300a8c6..23b3a8284 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Global.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Global.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Lua.Global
   ) where
 
 import HsLua as Lua
+import HsLua.Module.Version (pushVersion)
 import Paths_pandoc (version)
 import Text.Pandoc.Class.CommonState (CommonState)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition (Pandoc (Pandoc), pandocTypesVersion)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ setGlobal global = case global of
     Lua.push format
     Lua.setglobal "FORMAT"
   PANDOC_API_VERSION -> do
-    Lua.push pandocTypesVersion
+    pushVersion pandocTypesVersion
     Lua.setglobal "PANDOC_API_VERSION"
   PANDOC_DOCUMENT doc -> do
     pushUD typePandocLazy  doc
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ setGlobal global = case global of
     pushCommonState commonState
     Lua.setglobal "PANDOC_STATE"
   PANDOC_VERSION              -> do
-    Lua.push version
+    pushVersion version
     Lua.setglobal "PANDOC_VERSION"
 
 -- | Readonly and lazy pandoc objects.
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling.hs
index 8fde94958..e217b8852 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling.hs
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.CommonState ()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Context ()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.PandocError()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.ReaderOptions ()
-import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version ()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.ErrorConversion ()
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
index 1e635483c..5791b39c1 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import Control.Monad.Catch (throwM)
 import Control.Monad ((<$!>), (>=>))
 import Data.Data (showConstr, toConstr)
 import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Version (Version)
 import HsLua hiding (Operation (Div))
+import HsLua.Module.Version (peekVersionFuzzy)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError (PandocLuaError))
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Util (pushViaConstr', pushViaConstructor)
@@ -616,5 +618,8 @@ instance Peekable Meta where
 instance Peekable Pandoc where
   peek = forcePeek . peekPandoc
 
+instance Peekable Version where
+  peek = forcePeek . peekVersionFuzzy
+
 instance {-# OVERLAPPING #-} Peekable Attr where
   peek = forcePeek . peekAttr
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/Version.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/Version.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2af36e5c8..000000000
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/Version.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase           #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings    #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables  #-}
-{- |
-   Module      : Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version
-   Copyright   : © 2019-2021 Albert Krewinkel
-   License     : GNU GPL, version 2 or above
-
-   Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb+pandoc@moltkeplatz.de>
-   Stability   : alpha
-
-Marshaling of @'Version'@s. The marshaled elements can be compared using
-default comparison operators (like @>@ and @<=@).
--}
-module Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version
-  ( peekVersion
-  , pushVersion
-  , peekVersionFuzzy
-  )
-  where
-
-import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import Data.Version (Version (..), makeVersion, parseVersion, showVersion)
-import HsLua as Lua
-import Safe (lastMay)
-import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP (readP_to_S)
-import qualified Text.Pandoc.UTF8 as UTF8
-
-instance Peekable Version where
-  peek = forcePeek . peekVersionFuzzy
-
-instance Pushable Version where
-  push = pushVersion
-
--- | Push a @'Version'@ element to the Lua stack.
-pushVersion :: LuaError e => Pusher e Version
-pushVersion = pushUD typeVersion
-
-peekVersionFuzzy :: LuaError e => Peeker e Version
-peekVersionFuzzy idx = retrieving "Version" $ liftLua (Lua.ltype idx) >>= \case
-  Lua.TypeUserdata -> peekVersion idx
-  Lua.TypeString -> do
-    versionStr <- peekString idx
-    let parses = readP_to_S parseVersion versionStr
-    case lastMay parses of
-      Just (v, "") -> return v
-      _  -> Lua.failPeek $
-            UTF8.fromString $ "could not parse as Version: " ++ versionStr
-
-  Lua.TypeNumber -> do
-    (makeVersion . (:[])) <$> peekIntegral idx
-
-  Lua.TypeTable ->
-    makeVersion <$> peekList peekIntegral idx
-
-  _ ->
-    Lua.failPeek "could not peek Version"
-
-peekVersion :: LuaError e => Peeker e Version
-peekVersion = peekUD typeVersion
-
-typeVersion :: LuaError e => DocumentedType e Version
-typeVersion = deftype "Version"
-  [ operation Eq $ defun "__eq"
-    ### liftPure2 (==)
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v1" ""
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v2" ""
-    =#> functionResult pushBool "boolean" "true iff v1 == v2"
-  , operation Lt $ defun "__lt"
-    ### liftPure2 (<)
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v1" ""
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v2" ""
-    =#> functionResult pushBool "boolean" "true iff v1 < v2"
-  , operation Le $ defun "__le"
-    ### liftPure2 (<=)
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v1" ""
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v2" ""
-    =#> functionResult pushBool "boolean" "true iff v1 <= v2"
-  , operation Len $ defun "__len"
-    ### liftPure (length . versionBranch)
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "v1" ""
-    =#> functionResult pushIntegral "integer" "number of version components"
-  , operation Tostring $ defun "__tostring"
-    ### liftPure showVersion
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "version" ""
-    =#> functionResult pushString "string" "stringified version"
-  ]
-  [ method $ defun "must_be_at_least"
-    ### must_be_at_least
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "self" "version to check"
-    <#> parameter peekVersionFuzzy "Version" "reference" "minimum version"
-    <#> optionalParameter peekString "string" "msg" "alternative message"
-    =?> "Returns no result, and throws an error if this version is older than reference"
-  ]
-
--- | Throw an error if this version is older than the given version.
--- FIXME: This function currently requires the string library to be
--- loaded.
-must_be_at_least :: LuaError e
-                 => Version -> Version -> Maybe String
-                 -> LuaE e NumResults
-must_be_at_least actual expected mMsg = do
-  let msg = fromMaybe versionTooOldMessage mMsg
-  if expected <= actual
-    then return 0
-    else do
-      Lua.getglobal' "string.format"
-      Lua.push msg
-      Lua.push (showVersion expected)
-      Lua.push (showVersion actual)
-      Lua.call 3 1
-      Lua.error
-
--- | Default error message when a version is too old. This message is
--- formatted in Lua with the expected and actual versions as arguments.
-versionTooOldMessage :: String
-versionTooOldMessage = "expected version %s or newer, got %s"
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Types.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Types.hs
index a9ce14ce7..7307c6e88 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Types.hs
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Lua.Module.Types
   ( pushModule
   ) where
 
-import Data.Version (Version)
 import HsLua (LuaE, NumResults, Peeker, Pusher)
 import Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError)
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.ErrorConversion ()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.AST
-import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version ()
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Util (addFunction)
 
 import qualified HsLua as Lua
+import qualified HsLua.Module.Version as Version
 
 -- | Push the pandoc.types module on the Lua stack.
 pushModule :: LuaE PandocError NumResults
 pushModule = do
   Lua.newtable
-  addFunction "Version" (return :: Version -> LuaE PandocError Version)
+  Lua.pushName "Version" *> Lua.pushModule Version.documentedModule
+    *> Lua.rawset (Lua.nth 3)
   pushCloneTable
   Lua.setfield (Lua.nth 2) "clone"
   return 1
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Utils.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Utils.hs
index 8b6e31b43..7ce1cd18d 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Module/Utils.hs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import Data.Default (def)
 import Data.Version (Version)
 import HsLua as Lua hiding (pushModule)
 import HsLua.Class.Peekable (PeekError)
+import HsLua.Module.Version (peekVersionFuzzy, pushVersion)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError)
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling ()
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.AST
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.List (pushPandocList)
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.SimpleTable
   ( SimpleTable (..), peekSimpleTable, pushSimpleTable )
-import Text.Pandoc.Lua.Marshaling.Version (peekVersionFuzzy, pushVersion)
 import Text.Pandoc.Lua.PandocLua (PandocLua (unPandocLua))
 
 import qualified Data.Digest.Pure.SHA as SHA