diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index b7998ad4..bd060af4 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ Operator commands (`platform`, `repo`, `github set-token`) use **operator AWS cr
 
 ## Commands
 
+### `bgagent version`
+
+Print the installed CLI version (read from `package.json`). Equivalent to the root `bgagent --version` flag, but available as an explicit subcommand with a `--output json` mode for scripting.
+
+```
+bgagent version \
+  --output <text|json>         Output format (default: text)
+```
+
+Text mode prints the bare version string (e.g. `0.0.0`); JSON mode prints `{ "version": "0.0.0" }`.
+
 ### `bgagent configure`
 
 Save API endpoint and Cognito settings to `~/.bgagent/config.json`.
diff --git a/cli/src/bin/bgagent.ts b/cli/src/bin/bgagent.ts
index 5faf408f..1f029341 100644
--- a/cli/src/bin/bgagent.ts
+++ b/cli/src/bin/bgagent.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { makeSlackCommand } from '../commands/slack';
 import { makeStatusCommand } from '../commands/status';
 import { makeSubmitCommand } from '../commands/submit';
 import { makeTraceCommand } from '../commands/trace';
+import { getCliVersion, makeVersionCommand } from '../commands/version';
 import { makeWatchCommand } from '../commands/watch';
 import { makeWebhookCommand } from '../commands/webhook';
 import { setVerbose } from '../debug';
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ const program = new Command();
 program
   .name('bgagent')
   .description('Background Agent CLI — submit and manage coding tasks')
-  .version('0.0.0')
+  .version(getCliVersion())
   .option('--verbose', 'Enable debug output')
   .hook('preAction', (_thisCommand, actionCommand) => {
     // Resolve --verbose from the root program, not the subcommand
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ program.addCommand(makeRuntimeCommand());
 program.addCommand(makeOpsCommand());
 program.addCommand(makeWatchCommand());
 program.addCommand(makeTraceCommand());
+program.addCommand(makeVersionCommand());
 program.addCommand(makeWebhookCommand());
 program.addCommand(makeAdminCommand());
 
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/version.ts b/cli/src/commands/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bec76e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ *  MIT No Attribution
+ *
+ *  Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ *  the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ *  use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ *  the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
+ *
+ *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ *  SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { formatJson } from '../format';
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the CLI version from the package manifest.
+ *
+ * The manifest lives at ``cli/package.json``, two directories above this
+ * module in both the TypeScript source tree (``src/commands``) and the
+ * compiled output (``lib/commands``), so ``../../package.json`` resolves
+ * correctly under ts-jest and from the published ``lib`` bin alike. We read
+ * it at runtime rather than importing it so the version reported always
+ * matches the installed package and the compiled ``lib`` layout stays flat
+ * (no ``package.json`` copied under ``rootDir``).
+ */
+export function getCliVersion(): string {
+  const manifestPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'package.json');
+  const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf-8')) as {
+    version?: string;
+  };
+  return manifest.version ?? '0.0.0';
+}
+
+/**
+ * `bgagent version [--output text|json]` — print the installed CLI version,
+ * read from ``package.json``. Mirrors the root ``--version`` flag as an
+ * explicit subcommand so scripts can query it uniformly (and in JSON).
+ */
+export function makeVersionCommand(): Command {
+  return new Command('version')
+    .description('Print the bgagent CLI version')
+    .option('--output <format>', 'Output format (text or json)', 'text')
+    .action((opts: { output: string }) => {
+      const version = getCliVersion();
+      if (opts.output === 'json') {
+        console.log(formatJson({ version }));
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log(version);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/cli/test/commands/version.test.ts b/cli/test/commands/version.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd61126c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/test/commands/version.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ *  MIT No Attribution
+ *
+ *  Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ *  the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ *  use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ *  the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
+ *
+ *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ *  SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { getCliVersion, makeVersionCommand } from '../../src/commands/version';
+
+describe('version command', () => {
+  let consoleSpy: jest.SpiedFunction<typeof console.log>;
+
+  // The version reported must match the single source of truth: the
+  // package manifest. Reading it here (rather than hardcoding) keeps the
+  // test correct across version bumps.
+  const packageVersion = (
+    JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'package.json'),
+        'utf-8',
+      ),
+    ) as { version: string }
+  ).version;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+    consoleSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+    consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  test('getCliVersion returns the package.json version', () => {
+    expect(getCliVersion()).toBe(packageVersion);
+  });
+
+  test('prints the plain version in text mode (default)', async () => {
+    await makeVersionCommand().parseAsync(['node', 'version']);
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(packageVersion);
+  });
+
+  test('prints a JSON object with --output json', async () => {
+    await makeVersionCommand().parseAsync(['node', 'version', '--output', 'json']);
+    const out = consoleSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c[0]).join('\n');
+    expect(JSON.parse(out)).toEqual({ version: packageVersion });
+  });
+});