diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c8bd513..5ae2c2bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /.nyc_output
 /coverage
 /dist
+/.tap
 !/typedoc.json
 !/tsconfig-*.json
 !/.prettierignore
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2304bbc2..eb80bcb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 6.0
 
 - Drop support for nodes before v20
+- Add `--version` to CLI
 
 # 5.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ab1a5d6..5a30f68e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Install with `npm install rimraf`.
 
 ## Major Changes
 
+### v5 to v6
+
+- Require node `20` or `>=22`
+- Add `--version` to CLI
+
 ### v4 to v5
 
 - There is no default export anymore. Import the functions directly
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ Synchronous form of `rimraf.moveRemove()`
 ### Command Line Interface
 
 ```
-rimraf version 4.3.0
+rimraf version 6.0.1
 
 Usage: rimraf <path> [<path> ...]
 Deletes all files and folders at "path", recursively.
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ Deletes all files and folders at "path", recursively.
 Options:
   --                   Treat all subsequent arguments as paths
   -h --help            Display this usage info
+  --version            Display version
   --preserve-root      Do not remove '/' recursively (default)
   --no-preserve-root   Do not treat '/' specially
   -G --no-glob         Treat arguments as literal paths, not globs (default)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd09380e..a9dfa573 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 {
   "name": "rimraf",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "rimraf",
-      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "version": "6.0.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "glob": "^11.0.0"
+        "glob": "^11.0.0",
+        "package-json-from-dist": "^1.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "rimraf": "dist/esm/bin.mjs"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6073aa7e..68b06e17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rimraf",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.0.1",
   "type": "module",
   "tshy": {
     "main": true,
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
     "node": "20 || >=22"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "glob": "^11.0.0"
+    "glob": "^11.0.0",
+    "package-json-from-dist": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "rm",
diff --git a/src/bin.mts b/src/bin.mts
index db47b660..3727ecf7 100755
--- a/src/bin.mts
+++ b/src/bin.mts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import type { RimrafAsyncOptions } from './index.js'
 import { rimraf } from './index.js'
 
-const pj = fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url))
-const pjDist = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../package.json', import.meta.url))
-const { version } = JSON.parse(
-  await readFile(pjDist, 'utf8').catch(() => readFile(pj, 'utf8')),
-) as { version: string }
+import { loadPackageJson } from 'package-json-from-dist'
+
+const { version } = loadPackageJson(import.meta.url, '../package.json')
 
 const runHelpForUsage = () =>
   console.error('run `rimraf --help` for usage information')
@@ -20,6 +17,7 @@ Deletes all files and folders at "path", recursively.
 Options:
   --                   Treat all subsequent arguments as paths
   -h --help            Display this usage info
+  --version            Display version
   --preserve-root      Do not remove '/' recursively (default)
   --no-preserve-root   Do not treat '/' specially
   -G --no-glob         Treat arguments as literal paths, not globs (default)
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ const cwd = process.cwd()
 
 import { Dirent, Stats } from 'fs'
 import { createInterface, Interface } from 'readline'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 const prompt = async (rl: Interface, q: string) =>
   new Promise<string>(res => rl.question(q, res))
@@ -158,6 +155,9 @@ const main = async (...args: string[]) => {
     } else if (arg === '-h' || arg === '--help') {
       console.log(help)
       return 0
+    } else if (arg === '--version') {
+      console.log(version)
+      return 0
     } else if (arg === '--interactive' || arg === '-i') {
       interactive = true
       continue
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ const main = async (...args: string[]) => {
   return 0
 }
 main.help = help
+main.version = version
 
 export default main
 
diff --git a/test/bin.ts b/test/bin.ts
index fcfbbe3f..665f92c8 100644
--- a/test/bin.ts
+++ b/test/bin.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ t.test('basic arg parsing stuff', async t => {
     CALLS.length = 0
   })
 
+  t.test('binary version', t => {
+    const cases = [['--version'], ['a', 'b', '--version', 'c']]
+    for (const c of cases) {
+      t.test(c.join(' '), async t => {
+        t.equal(await bin(...c), 0)
+        t.same(LOGS, [[bin.version]])
+        t.same(ERRS, [])
+        t.same(CALLS, [])
+      })
+    }
+    t.end()
+  })
+
   t.test('helpful output', t => {
     const cases = [['-h'], ['--help'], ['a', 'b', '--help', 'c']]
     for (const c of cases) {