diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 71a99192b7..42e0e22d7d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ builds:
       - linux
       - windows
       - darwin
+    ldflags:
+          - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}}
 
 archives:
   - format: tar.gz
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a359a88b01..6ac82edc38 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var (
 	cfgFile    string
 	masterURL  string
 	kubeconfig string
+	version    string
 )
 
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
-func Execute() {
+func Execute(v string) {
+	version = v
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index f15f1855ef..071ae83306 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
-/*
-Copyright © 2023 NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>
-
-*/
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // versionCmd represents the version command
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
-	Short: "A brief description of your command",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains examples
-and usage of using your command. For example:
-
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	Short: "Print the version number of k8sgpt",
+	Long:  `All software has versions. This is k8sgpt's`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("version called")
+		cmd.Printf("k8sgpt version %s", version)
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 326ae62d68..1553fd7572 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ module github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai v1.5.7
+	github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.13.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.6.0
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
-	github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.13.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ba179cfbf..11ab542d24 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.14.0/go.mod h1:GrKmX003DSIwi9o29oFT7YDnHYwZoctc3f
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
-github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.0 h1:alDF2guRWqa/FOZZYWjlMIx2L6H0wyewPxo/CH4Pt2A=
-github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.0/go.mod h1:rPG4gmXeN3wQV/TsAY4w8lPdIM6RX3yqeBQJSrbXjuE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2f2a708233..84563a9007 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ package main
 
 import "github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/cmd"
 
+var version = "dev"
+
 func main() {
-	cmd.Execute()
+	cmd.Execute(version)
 }