diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/options/version.test.ts b/packages/cli/__tests__/options/version.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
+
+describe("ao --version", () => {
+  it("matches the CLI package version", () => {
+    const tsxEntry = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../node_modules/.bin/tsx", import.meta.url));
+    const cliEntry = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../src/index.ts", import.meta.url));
+    const output = execFileSync(tsxEntry, [cliEntry, "--version"], { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
+
+    expect(output).toBe(packageJson.version);
+  });
+});