diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 6d3f223b5..a14892f80 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     "start": "npm run build -- -w",
     "lint": "eslint src --ext .ts",
     "test": "jest --maxWorkers=2",
-    "bundle": "yarn package && yarn gzip",
+    "bundle": "yarn inject-version && yarn package && yarn gzip",
+    "inject-version": "node scripts/inject-version.js",
     "package": "rimraf binary && pkg . --out-path binary",
     "gzip": "ls binary/auto* | xargs gzip"
   },
diff --git a/packages/cli/scripts/inject-version.js b/packages/cli/scripts/inject-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3715f9322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/scripts/inject-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const dotenv = require("dotenv");
+
+dotenv.config({ path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env") });
+
+const autoPath = path.join(__dirname, "../dist/bin/auto.js");
+
+execSync(`chmod +x ${autoPath}`);
+const nextVersion = execSync(`${autoPath} shipit -dq`, {
+  encoding: "utf-8",
+}).trim();
+const parseArgsPath = path.join(__dirname, "../dist/parse-args.js");
+const parseArgsContent = fs.readFileSync(parseArgsPath, { encoding: "utf-8" });
+
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  parseArgsPath,
+  parseArgsContent.replace(/process\.env\.AUTO_CLI_VERSION/, `"${nextVersion}"`)
+);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts b/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
index e0e31ccec..7bbbefe58 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ export default function parseArgs(testArgs?: string[]) {
 
   if (!mainOptions._command) {
     if (mainOptions.version) {
-      console.log(`v${getAutoVersion()}`);
+      const version = process.env.AUTO_CLI_VERSION || getAutoVersion();
+      console.log(`v${version}`);
     }
 
     return [];