diff --git a/cmd/cert.go b/cmd/cert.go
index ccf71999..6f27c460 100644
--- a/cmd/cert.go
+++ b/cmd/cert.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/cluster"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/hosts"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ func CertificateCommand() cli.Command {
 }
 
 func rotateRKECertificatesFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	k8sComponents := ctx.StringSlice("service")
 	rotateCACerts := ctx.Bool("rotate-ca")
 	clusterFile, filePath, err := resolveClusterFile(ctx)
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ func rotateRKECertificatesFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func generateCSRFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	clusterFile, filePath, err := resolveClusterFile(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to resolve cluster file: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/etcd.go b/cmd/etcd.go
index 07659c70..ffbe3b5c 100644
--- a/cmd/etcd.go
+++ b/cmd/etcd.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func RestoreEtcdSnapshot(
 }
 
 func SnapshotSaveEtcdHostsFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	clusterFile, filePath, err := resolveClusterFile(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve cluster file: %v", err)
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ func SnapshotSaveEtcdHostsFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func RestoreEtcdSnapshotFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	clusterFile, filePath, err := resolveClusterFile(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve cluster file: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/remove.go b/cmd/remove.go
index e08166eb..208efab1 100644
--- a/cmd/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/remove.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/hosts"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/pki"
-	"github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
+	v3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func ClusterRemove(
 }
 
 func clusterRemoveFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	if ctx.Bool("local") {
 		return clusterRemoveLocal(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index 37b21342..e93f048a 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/cluster"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/dind"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/hosts"
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ func checkAllIncluded(cluster *cluster.Cluster) error {
 }
 
 func clusterUpFromCli(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	if ctx.Bool("local") {
 		return clusterUpLocal(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 09e80f39..c93c2253 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/cluster"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/pki"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ func VersionCommand() cli.Command {
 }
 
 func getClusterVersion(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	logrus.Infof("Running RKE version: %v", ctx.App.Version)
 	localKubeConfig := pki.GetLocalKubeConfig(ctx.String("config"), "")
 	// not going to use a k8s dialer here.. this is a CLI command
 	serverVersion, err := cluster.GetK8sVersion(localKubeConfig, nil)