diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 3f9974732..f1597950e 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {splitPatternAndLineNumbers} from './line-numbers.js';
 import {loadConfig} from './load-config.js';
 import normalizeModuleTypes from './module-types.js';
 import normalizeNodeArguments from './node-arguments.js';
+import pkg from './pkg.cjs';
 import providerManager from './provider-manager.js';
 import DefaultReporter from './reporters/default.js';
 import TapReporter from './reporters/tap.js';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export default async function loadCli() { // eslint-disable-line complexity
 	let conf;
 	let confError;
 	try {
-		const {argv: {config: configFile}} = yargs(hideBin(process.argv)).help(false);
+		const {argv: {config: configFile}} = yargs(hideBin(process.argv)).help(false).version(false);
 		conf = await loadConfig({configFile});
 		if (conf.configFile && path.basename(conf.configFile) !== path.relative(conf.projectDir, conf.configFile)) {
 			console.log(chalk.magenta(`  ${figures.warning} Using configuration from ${conf.configFile}`));
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ export default async function loadCli() { // eslint-disable-line complexity
 
 	let resetCache = false;
 	const {argv} = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+		.version(pkg.version)
 		.parserConfiguration({
 			'boolean-negation': true,
 			'camel-case-expansion': false,
@@ -319,16 +321,16 @@ export default async function loadCli() { // eslint-disable-line complexity
 		exit('’sources’ has been removed. Use ’ignoredByWatcher’ to provide glob patterns of files that the watcher should ignore.');
 	}
 
-	let pkg;
+	let projectPackageObject;
 	try {
-		pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(projectDir, 'package.json')));
+		projectPackageObject = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(projectDir, 'package.json')));
 	} catch (error) {
 		if (error.code !== 'ENOENT') {
 			throw error;
 		}
 	}
 
-	const {type: defaultModuleType = 'commonjs'} = pkg || {};
+	const {type: defaultModuleType = 'commonjs'} = projectPackageObject || {};
 
 	const providers = [];
 	if (Reflect.has(conf, 'typescript')) {