diff --git a/apps/fieldcraft-cli/src/main.rs b/apps/fieldcraft-cli/src/main.rs
index 5c7c228..6ce2ff7 100644
--- a/apps/fieldcraft-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/fieldcraft-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //! fieldcraft-cli run <script.json>
 //! fieldcraft-cli features
 //! fieldcraft-cli mcp [--connect ADDR | --headless] [--automation-read-root DIR] [--automation-write-root DIR]
+//! fieldcraft-cli --version
 #![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ usage:
       --automation-read-root DIR       files may be read only inside DIR
       --automation-write-root DIR      files may be written only inside DIR (with either root,
                                        the access a root left out is not granted)
+  fieldcraft-cli --version             print the version
 ";
 
 /// Largest script accepted (bytes).
@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         }
         Some("mcp") => mcp(args.get(1..).unwrap_or(&[])),
         Some("run") => args.get(1).ok_or_else(|| format!("run needs a script\n\n{USAGE}")).and_then(|p| run(p)),
+        Some("-V" | "--version") => {
+            println!("fieldcraft-cli {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+            Ok(())
+        }
         Some("-h" | "--help" | "help") | None => {
             print!("{USAGE}");
             Ok(())
diff --git a/apps/fieldcraft-cli/tests/version.rs b/apps/fieldcraft-cli/tests/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9658ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/fieldcraft-cli/tests/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//! `fieldcraft-cli --version`, which the release packaging runs to check each build.
+
+use std::process::Command;
+
+#[test]
+fn version_prints_the_workspace_version() {
+    for flag in ["--version", "-V"] {
+        let out = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_fieldcraft-cli")).arg(flag).output().unwrap();
+        assert!(out.status.success(), "{flag}: {out:?}");
+        assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).trim(), format!("fieldcraft-cli {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
+    }
+}