diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy
index 8eb7bd06..e134b041 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.cli
 
 import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.AllChecksRunner
 import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.Configuration
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.ProductInformation
 import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.check.AllCheckers
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 // see end-of-file for license information
 
 @Command(name = "hsc", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true,
-        version = "hsc 2.0.0",
         description = "Check HTML files for Sanity",
         showDefaultValues = true
 )
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class Main implements Runnable {
         this.runner = runner
     }
 
+    @Option(names = ["-V", "--version"], description = "Display version information")
+    boolean versionRequested
+
     @Option(names = ["-r", "--resultsDir"], description = "Results Directory")
     String resultsDirectoryName = "/tmp/results"
 
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ class Main implements Runnable {
         CommandLine cmd
 
         void run() {
+            if (main.versionRequested) {
+                System.out.println("Version: ${ProductInformation.VERSION}")
+                return
+            }
+
             def srcDocuments = main.srcDocs ?: main.findFiles()
             if (!srcDocuments) {
                 System.err.println("Please specify at least one src document (either explicitly or implicitly)")
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/MainCliSpec.groovy b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/MainCliSpec.groovy
index 4d3b67b9..52dc99ca 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/MainCliSpec.groovy
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/MainCliSpec.groovy
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ class MainCliSpec extends Specification {
 
         where:
         args                        | expectedExitCode | runnerWasCalled
-        "-h"                        | 0                | false
-        "--help"                    | 0                | false
-        "-V"                        | 0                | false
-        "--version"                 | 0                | false
+        "-h"                        | 2                | false
+        "--help"                    | 2                | false
+        "-V"                        | 0                | true
+        "--version"                 | 0                | true
         ""                          | 0                | true
         "."                         | 0                | true
         "-r /tmp/results"           | 0                | true
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class MainCliSpec extends Specification {
         Main.main(args)
 
         then:
-        outContent.toString().contains("Usage: hsc")
-        outContent.toString().contains("Check HTML files for Sanity")
+        errContent.toString().contains("Usage: hsc")
+        errContent.toString().contains("Check HTML files for Sanity")
     }
 
     def "test with empty source directory"() {