diff --git a/src/cmd/version.go b/src/cmd/version.go
index 1daa7af61f..589cab9929 100644
--- a/src/cmd/version.go
+++ b/src/cmd/version.go
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config"
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config/lang"
+	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"runtime/debug"
-
-	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config"
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config/lang"
 )
 
 var outputFormat string
@@ -29,13 +29,18 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 	Short: lang.CmdVersionShort,
 	Long:  lang.CmdVersionLong,
-	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+		if outputFormat == "" {
+			fmt.Println(config.CLIVersion)
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		output := make(map[string]interface{})
+		output["version"] = config.CLIVersion
 
 		buildInfo, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-		if !ok && outputFormat != "" {
-			fmt.Println("Failed to get build info")
-			return
+		if !ok {
+			return errors.New("failed to get build info")
 		}
 		depMap := map[string]string{}
 		for _, dep := range buildInfo.Deps {
@@ -50,28 +55,33 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		buildMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 		buildMap["platform"] = runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH
 		buildMap["goVersion"] = runtime.Version()
-		ver, _ := semver.NewVersion(config.CLIVersion)
+		ver, err := semver.NewVersion(config.CLIVersion)
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, semver.ErrInvalidSemVer) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Could not parse CLI version %s: %w", config.CLIVersion, err)
+		}
 		if ver != nil {
 			buildMap["major"] = ver.Major()
 			buildMap["minor"] = ver.Minor()
 			buildMap["patch"] = ver.Patch()
 			buildMap["prerelease"] = ver.Prerelease()
 		}
-
-		output["version"] = config.CLIVersion
-
 		output["build"] = buildMap
 
 		switch outputFormat {
 		case "yaml":
-			text, _ := goyaml.Marshal(output)
-			fmt.Println(string(text))
+			b, err := goyaml.Marshal(output)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not marshal yaml output: %w", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Println(string(b))
 		case "json":
-			text, _ := json.Marshal(output)
-			fmt.Println(string(text))
-		default:
-			fmt.Println(config.CLIVersion)
+			b, err := json.Marshal(output)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not marshal json output: %w", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Println(string(b))
 		}
+		return nil
 	},
 }