diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.cpp
index 84bce0cfd41..4b8ace71cc9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.cpp
@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ QT_IMPL_METATYPE_EXTERN(QVersionNumber)
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn template <qsizetype N> QVersionNumber::QVersionNumber(const QVarLengthArray<int, N> &seg)
-    \since 6.4
+    \fn QVersionNumber::QVersionNumber(QSpan<const int> args)
+    \since 6.8
 
-    Constructs a version number from the list of numbers contained in \a seg.
+    Constructs a version number from the span specified by \a args.
+
+    \note In Qt versions prior to 6.8, QVersionNumber could only be constructed
+    from QList, QVarLenthArray or std::initializer_list.
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.h b/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.h
index 80cf7428c90..95217a6effa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qversionnumber.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qlist.h>
 #include <QtCore/qmetatype.h>
 #include <QtCore/qnamespace.h>
+#include <QtCore/qspan.h>
 #include <QtCore/qstring.h>
 #include <QtCore/qtypeinfo.h>
 #if !defined(QT_LEAN_HEADERS) || QT_LEAN_HEADERS < 2
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ class QVersionNumber
 
         Q_CORE_EXPORT void setListData(QList<int> &&seg);
 
-        explicit SegmentStorage(std::initializer_list<int> args)
+        explicit SegmentStorage(QSpan<const int> args)
             : SegmentStorage(args.begin(), args.end()) {}
 
         explicit SegmentStorage(const int *first, const int *last)
@@ -256,19 +257,20 @@ public:
     inline QVersionNumber() noexcept
         : m_segments()
     {}
+    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD
     inline explicit QVersionNumber(const QList<int> &seg) : m_segments(seg) { }
 
     // compiler-generated copy/move ctor/assignment operators and the destructor are ok
 
+    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD
     explicit QVersionNumber(QList<int> &&seg) : m_segments(std::move(seg)) { }
 
     inline QVersionNumber(std::initializer_list<int> args)
-        : m_segments(args)
+        : m_segments(QSpan{args})
     {}
 
-    template <qsizetype N>
-    explicit QVersionNumber(const QVarLengthArray<int, N> &sec)
-        : m_segments(sec.begin(), sec.end())
+    explicit QVersionNumber(QSpan<const int> args)
+        : m_segments(args)
     {}
 
     inline explicit QVersionNumber(int maj)