diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 858d8ab71..fb03f0a7e 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst/internal/progress"
 	"github.com/kubefirst/runtime/configs"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "print the version number for kubefirst-cli",
 	Long:  `All software has versions. This is kubefirst's`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Printf("\nkubefirst-cli golang utility version: %s\n\n", configs.K1Version)
+		versionMsg := `
+##
+### kubefirst-cli golang utility version:` + fmt.Sprintf("`%s`", configs.K1Version)
+
+		progress.Success(versionMsg)
 	},
 }