diff --git a/plugins/poll/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb b/plugins/poll/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
index e01a32d5654..a21d6aac0a1 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/plugins/poll/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
       <div>
       <div class="poll-container">
       <ol>
-      <li data-poll-option-id="b6475cbf6acb8676b20c60582cfc487a">test 1 <img src="/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=5" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:"> <b>test</b>
+      <li data-poll-option-id="b6475cbf6acb8676b20c60582cfc487a">test 1 <img src="/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:"> <b>test</b>
       </li>
       <li data-poll-option-id="7158af352698eb1443d709818df097d4">test 2</li>
       </ol>
diff --git a/spec/components/cooked_post_processor_spec.rb b/spec/components/cooked_post_processor_spec.rb
index 9530383a59d..27ceeb6b63a 100644
--- a/spec/components/cooked_post_processor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/cooked_post_processor_spec.rb
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ describe CookedPostProcessor do
         <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Google</a><br>
         <img src="http://foo.bar/image.png"><br>
         <a class="attachment" href="//test.localhost/uploads/default/original/1X/af2c2618032c679333bebf745e75f9088748d737.txt">text.txt</a> (20 Bytes)<br>
-        <img src="//test.localhost/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
+        <img src="//test.localhost/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
       HTML
     end
 
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ describe CookedPostProcessor do
           <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Google</a><br>
           <img src="http://foo.bar/image.png"><br>
           <a class="attachment" href="//my.cdn.com/uploads/default/original/1X/af2c2618032c679333bebf745e75f9088748d737.txt">text.txt</a> (20 Bytes)<br>
-          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
+          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
         HTML
       end
 
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ describe CookedPostProcessor do
           <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Google</a><br>
           <img src="http://foo.bar/image.png"><br>
           <a class="attachment" href="https://my.cdn.com/uploads/default/original/1X/af2c2618032c679333bebf745e75f9088748d737.txt">text.txt</a> (20 Bytes)<br>
-          <img src="https://my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
+          <img src="https://my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
         HTML
       end
 
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ describe CookedPostProcessor do
           <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Google</a><br>
           <img src="http://foo.bar/image.png"><br>
           <a class="attachment" href="//test.localhost/uploads/default/original/1X/af2c2618032c679333bebf745e75f9088748d737.txt">text.txt</a> (20 Bytes)<br>
-          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
+          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
         HTML
       end
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ describe CookedPostProcessor do
           <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Google</a><br>
           <img src="http://foo.bar/image.png"><br>
           <a class="attachment" href="//test.localhost/uploads/default/original/1X/af2c2618032c679333bebf745e75f9088748d737.txt">text.txt</a> (20 Bytes)<br>
-          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
+          <img src="//my.cdn.com/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"></p>
         HTML
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index 5e5ce5fbb7f..4abf96d50bd 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
           <aside class="quote no-group" data-post="2" data-topic="#{topic.id}">
           <div class="title">
           <div class="quote-controls"></div>
-          <a href="http://test.localhost/t/this-is-a-test-topic/#{topic.id}/2">This is a test topic <img src="/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=5" title="slight_smile" alt="slight_smile" class="emoji"></a>
+          <a href="http://test.localhost/t/this-is-a-test-topic/#{topic.id}/2">This is a test topic <img src="/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title="slight_smile" alt="slight_smile" class="emoji"></a>
           </div>
           <blockquote>
           <p>ddd</p>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
       end
 
       it "should strip images, but keep emojis when option is set" do
-        emoji_image = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=1' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt='heart'>"
+        emoji_image = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt='heart'>"
         html = "<img src='http://cnn.com/a.gif'> Hello world #{emoji_image}"
 
         expect(PrettyText.excerpt(html, 100, strip_images: true)).to eq("Hello world heart")
@@ -531,17 +531,17 @@ describe PrettyText do
     end
 
     it "should have an option to preserve emoji images" do
-      emoji_image = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=1' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt='heart'>"
+      emoji_image = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt='heart'>"
       expect(PrettyText.excerpt(emoji_image, 100, keep_emoji_images: true)).to match_html(emoji_image)
     end
 
     it "should have an option to remap emoji to code points" do
-      emoji_image = "I <img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=1' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt=':heart:'> you <img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=1' title=':unknown:' class='emoji' alt=':unknown:'> "
+      emoji_image = "I <img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt=':heart:'> you <img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}' title=':unknown:' class='emoji' alt=':unknown:'> "
       expect(PrettyText.excerpt(emoji_image, 100, remap_emoji: true)).to match_html("I ❤  you :unknown:")
     end
 
     it "should have an option to preserve emoji codes" do
-      emoji_code = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=1' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt=':heart:'>"
+      emoji_code = "<img src='/images/emoji/twitter/heart.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}' title=':heart:' class='emoji' alt=':heart:'>"
       expect(PrettyText.excerpt(emoji_code, 100)).to eq(":heart:")
     end
 
@@ -792,10 +792,10 @@ describe PrettyText do
     end
 
     it "replaces skin toned emoji" do
-      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👱🏿‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/blonde_woman/6.png?v=5\" title=\":blonde_woman:t6:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":blonde_woman:t6:\"></p>")
-      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩‍🎤")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_singer.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_singer:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_singer:\"></p>")
-      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩🏾‍🎓")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_student/5.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_student:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_student:t5:\"></p>")
-      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 🤷‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_shrugging.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_shrugging:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_shrugging:\"></p>")
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👱🏿‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/blonde_woman/6.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":blonde_woman:t6:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":blonde_woman:t6:\"></p>")
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩‍🎤")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_singer.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_singer:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_singer:\"></p>")
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩🏾‍🎓")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_student/5.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_student:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_student:t5:\"></p>")
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 🤷‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_shrugging.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_shrugging:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_shrugging:\"></p>")
     end
   end
 
@@ -809,10 +809,10 @@ describe PrettyText do
   end
 
   it "replaces skin toned emoji" do
-    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👱🏿‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/blonde_woman/6.png?v=5\" title=\":blonde_woman:t6:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":blonde_woman:t6:\"></p>")
-    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩‍🎤")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_singer.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_singer:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_singer:\"></p>")
-    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩🏾‍🎓")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_student/5.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_student:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_student:t5:\"></p>")
-    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 🤷‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_shrugging.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_shrugging:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_shrugging:\"></p>")
+    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👱🏿‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/blonde_woman/6.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":blonde_woman:t6:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":blonde_woman:t6:\"></p>")
+    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩‍🎤")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_singer.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_singer:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_singer:\"></p>")
+    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 👩🏾‍🎓")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_student/5.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_student:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_student:t5:\"></p>")
+    expect(PrettyText.cook("hello 🤷‍♀️")).to eq("<p>hello <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_shrugging.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_shrugging:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_shrugging:\"></p>")
   end
 
   it "should not treat a non emoji as an emoji" do
@@ -904,19 +904,19 @@ describe PrettyText do
   it "can handle emoji by name" do
 
     expected = <<HTML
-<p><img src="/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5\" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"><img src="/images/emoji/twitter/sunny.png?v=5" title=":sunny:" class="emoji" alt=":sunny:"></p>
+<p><img src="/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt=":smile:"><img src="/images/emoji/twitter/sunny.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":sunny:" class="emoji" alt=":sunny:"></p>
 HTML
     expect(PrettyText.cook(":smile::sunny:")).to eq(expected.strip)
   end
 
   it "handles emoji boundaries correctly" do
     cooked = PrettyText.cook("a,:man:t2:,b")
-    expected = '<p>a,<img src="/images/emoji/twitter/man/2.png?v=5" title=":man:t2:" class="emoji" alt=":man:t2:">,b</p>'
+    expected = "<p>a,<img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/man/2.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":man:t2:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":man:t2:\">,b</p>"
     expect(cooked).to match(expected.strip)
   end
 
   it "can handle emoji by translation" do
-    expected = '<p><img src="/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=5" title=":wink:" class="emoji" alt=":wink:"></p>'
+    expected = "<p><img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":wink:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":wink:\"></p>"
     expect(PrettyText.cook(";)")).to eq(expected)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/post_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/post_fabricator.rb
index 2f3aaf0a1b3..6f1a9a91622 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/post_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/post_fabricator.rb
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ Fabricator(:reply, from: :post) do
 end
 
 Fabricator(:post_with_plenty_of_images, from: :post) do
-  cooked '
+  cooked <<~HTML
 <aside class="quote"><img src="/uploads/default/original/1X/1234567890123456.jpg"></aside>
 <div class="onebox-result"><img src="/uploads/default/original/1X/1234567890123456.jpg"></div>
 <div class="onebox"><img src="/uploads/default/original/1X/1234567890123456.jpg"></div>
-<p>With an emoji! <img src="//cdn.discourse.org/meta/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=1" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt="smile" width="72" height="72"></p>
-'
+<p>With an emoji! <img src="//cdn.discourse.org/meta/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}" title=":smile:" class="emoji" alt="smile" width="72" height="72"></p>
+HTML
 end
 
 Fabricator(:post_with_uploaded_image, from: :post) do
diff --git a/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
index 32e1f140809..2ca6916fc2d 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/user_notifications_helper_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe UserNotificationsHelper do
     end
 
     it "doesn't count emoji images" do
-      with_emoji = "<p>Hi <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=5\" title=\":smile:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":smile:\"></p>"
+      with_emoji = "<p>Hi <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":smile:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":smile:\"></p>"
       arg = ([with_emoji] + paragraphs).join("\n")
       SiteSetting.digest_min_excerpt_length = 50
       expect(helper.email_excerpt(arg)).to eq([with_emoji, paragraphs[0]].join)
diff --git a/spec/jobs/rebake_custom_emoji_posts_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/rebake_custom_emoji_posts_spec.rb
index 1d31b769970..026e36bdc32 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/rebake_custom_emoji_posts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/rebake_custom_emoji_posts_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RSpec.describe Jobs::RebakeCustomEmojiPosts do
     post = Fabricate(:post, raw: 'some post with :test: yay')
 
     expect(post.reload.cooked).to eq(
-      "<p>some post with <img src=\"#{upload.url}?v=5\" title=\":test:\" class=\"emoji emoji-custom\" alt=\":test:\"> yay</p>"
+      "<p>some post with <img src=\"#{upload.url}?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":test:\" class=\"emoji emoji-custom\" alt=\":test:\"> yay</p>"
     )
 
     custom_emoji.destroy!
diff --git a/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
index 98545ffabe9..f4b64bc1d63 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe UserProfile do
     end
 
     it 'supports emoji images' do
-      expect(user.user_profile.bio_excerpt(500, keep_emoji_images: true)).to eq("hello <img src=\"#{upload.url}?v=5\" title=\":test:\" class=\"emoji emoji-custom\" alt=\":test:\"> <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_scientist/5.png?v=5\" title=\":woman_scientist:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_scientist:t5:\"> <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/thinking.png?v=5\" title=\":thinking:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":thinking:\">")
+      expect(user.user_profile.bio_excerpt(500, keep_emoji_images: true)).to eq("hello <img src=\"#{upload.url}?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":test:\" class=\"emoji emoji-custom\" alt=\":test:\"> <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/woman_scientist/5.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":woman_scientist:t5:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":woman_scientist:t5:\"> <img src=\"/images/emoji/twitter/thinking.png?v=#{Emoji::EMOJI_VERSION}\" title=\":thinking:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":thinking:\">")
     end
   end