diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 4cb853c7a4..cb11834b04 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         {"--version"},
         "show version and build info",
         [](common_params &) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "version: %d (%s)\n", llama_build_number(), llama_commit());
+            fprintf(stderr, "version: %s (build %d, commit %s)\n", llama_version(), llama_build_number(), llama_commit());
             fprintf(stderr, "built with %s for %s\n", llama_compiler(), llama_build_target());
             exit(0);
         }
diff --git a/tools/gguf-split/gguf-split.cpp b/tools/gguf-split/gguf-split.cpp
index 5cafcc9aa9..c6cdbb98e2 100644
--- a/tools/gguf-split/gguf-split.cpp
+++ b/tools/gguf-split/gguf-split.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void split_params_parse_ex(int argc, const char ** argv, split_params & p
             split_print_usage(argv[0]);
             exit(0);
         } else if (arg == "--version") {
-            fprintf(stderr, "version: %d (%s)\n", llama_build_number(), llama_commit());
+            fprintf(stderr, "version: %s (build %d, commit %s)\n", llama_version(), llama_build_number(), llama_commit());
             fprintf(stderr, "built with %s for %s\n", llama_compiler(), llama_build_target());
             exit(0);
         } else if (arg == "--dry-run") {