diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index beccdc0b..1e4c9cd6 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Verify the installation:
 apiops --version
 ```
 
+The short flags `-v` and `-V` also print the installed CLI version.
+
 ---
 
 ## 1. Extract APIM Configuration
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 71f8a66a..e0682b40 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const program = new Command();
 program
   .name('apiops')
   .version(packageJson.version)
+  .version(packageJson.version, '-v')
   .description('CLI tool for Azure API Management configuration-as-code');
 
 // Show global options in subcommand help (e.g. apiops extract --help)
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/index.test.ts b/tests/unit/cli/index.test.ts
index 233c5cda..ad5ab297 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/index.test.ts
@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ async function getPackageVersion(): Promise<string> {
 }
 
 describe('CLI entry point', () => {
-  it('should display version with --version', async () => {
-    const [result, expectedVersion] = await Promise.all([runCli(['--version']), getPackageVersion()]);
+  it.each(['--version', '-V', '-v'])('should display version with %s', async (flag) => {
+    const [result, expectedVersion] = await Promise.all([runCli([flag]), getPackageVersion()]);
     expect(result.stdout.trim()).toBe(expectedVersion);
+    expect(result.stderr).toBe('');
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   }, 15_000);
 
   it('should display help with --help', async () => {
     const result = await runCli(['--help']);
     expect(result.stdout).toContain('apiops');
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('-V, --version');
+    expect(result.stdout).toMatch(/-v\s+output the version number/);
     expect(result.stdout).toContain('--log-level');
     expect(result.stdout).toContain('--format');
     expect(result.stdout).toContain('--subscription-id');