diff --git a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
index 03549054a7..d69d4ffb31 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
+++ b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ library
                       , cryptonite
                       , deepseq
                       , directory
+                      , either
                       , filepath
                       , formatting
                       , io-classes
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Commands.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Commands.hs
index 0686838411..e3167c9646 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Commands.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Commands.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
 
 -- | Shelley CLI command types
@@ -23,9 +27,13 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Shelley.Commands
   , GovernanceActionId (..)
   , GovernanceActionReceipt (..)
   , GovernanceActionQueryResult (..)
+  , GovernanceActionInfoMetadata(..)
+  , GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl(..)
   , GenesisCmd (..)
   , TextViewCmd (..)
   , renderShelleyCommand
+  , AsType(..)
+  , Hash(..)
 
     -- * CLI flag types
   , AddressKeyType (..)
@@ -51,7 +59,6 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Shelley.Commands
   , BlockId (..)
   , WitnessSigningData (..)
   , ColdVerificationKeyOrFile (..)
-  , GovernanceActionInfoResource(..)
   ) where
 
 import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
@@ -61,11 +68,17 @@ import           Cardano.CLI.Shelley.Key (PaymentVerifier, PoolDelegationTarget,
                    StakeVerifier, VerificationKeyOrFile, VerificationKeyOrHashOrFile,
                    VerificationKeyTextOrFile)
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types
+import qualified Cardano.Crypto.Hash.Class as Crypto
+import           Cardano.Ledger.Crypto (StandardCrypto)
+import qualified Cardano.Ledger.Keys as Shelley
 import           Cardano.Ledger.Shelley.TxBody (MIRPot)
 
 import           Prelude
 
+import           Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import           Data.Either.Combinators (maybeToRight)
 import           Data.Text (Text)
+
 --
 -- Shelley CLI command data types
 --
@@ -434,14 +447,33 @@ renderQueryCmd cmd =
         TxMempoolQueryNextTx -> "next-tx"
         TxMempoolQueryInfo -> "info"
 
+newtype GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl = GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl Text
+  deriving newtype (Eq, Show)
+
+newtype GovernanceActionInfoMetadata =
+  GovernanceActionInfoMetadata
+  { unGovernanceActionInfoMetadata :: ByteString
+  } deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+newtype instance Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata =
+  GovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash (Shelley.Hash StandardCrypto ByteString)
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+instance HasTypeProxy GovernanceActionInfoMetadata where
+    data AsType GovernanceActionInfoMetadata = AsGovernanceActionInfoMetadata
+    proxyToAsType _ = AsGovernanceActionInfoMetadata
+
+instance SerialiseAsRawBytes (Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata) where
+    serialiseToRawBytes (GovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash h) = Crypto.hashToBytes h
+
+    deserialiseFromRawBytes (AsHash AsGovernanceActionInfoMetadata) bs =
+      maybeToRight (SerialiseAsRawBytesError "Unable to deserialise Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata") $
+        GovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash <$> Crypto.hashFromBytes bs
+
 data GovernanceAction =
     GovernanceActionOfInfo
-      GovernanceActionInfoResource
-  deriving Show
-
-data GovernanceActionInfoResource
-  = GovernanceActionInfoResourceOfFile (File () In)
-  | GovernanceActionInfoResourceOfUrl (File () In)
+      GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl
+      (Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata)
   deriving Show
 
 data Vote = VoteYes | VoteNo | VoteAbstain deriving Show
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
index 14dc707328..71536259a6 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
@@ -1228,32 +1228,36 @@ pGovernanceActionCmd envCli =
     pGovernanceActionOfInfo :: Parser GovernanceAction
     pGovernanceActionOfInfo =
       GovernanceActionOfInfo
-        <$> pGovernanceActionInfoResource
+        <$> pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl
+        <*> pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash
 
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResource :: Parser GovernanceActionInfoResource
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResource =
-      asum
-        [ pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfUrl
-        , pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfFile
-        ]
+    -- GovernanceActionOfInfo
+    --   GovernanceInfoActionMetadataUrl
+    --   (Hash GovernanceInfoActionMetadata)
 
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfUrl :: Parser GovernanceActionInfoResource
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfUrl =
-      fmap GovernanceActionInfoResourceOfUrl $ Opt.strOption $ mconcat
+    pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl :: Parser GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl
+    pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl =
+      fmap GovernanceActionInfoMetadataUrl $ Opt.strOption $ mconcat
         [ Opt.long "metadata-url"
         , Opt.metavar "URL"
         , Opt.help "The metadata url."
         , Opt.completer (Opt.bashCompleter "url")
         ]
 
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfFile :: Parser GovernanceActionInfoResource
-    pGovernanceActionInfoResourceOfFile =
-      fmap GovernanceActionInfoResourceOfFile $ Opt.strOption $ mconcat
-        [ Opt.long "metadata-file"
-        , Opt.metavar "FILE"
-        , Opt.help "The metadata file."
-        , Opt.completer (Opt.bashCompleter "file")
-        ]
+    pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash :: Parser (Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata)
+    pGovernanceActionInfoMetadataHash =
+        Opt.option
+          (Opt.eitherReader metadataHash)
+            (  Opt.long "metadata-hash"
+            <> Opt.metavar "HASH"
+            <> Opt.help "Pool metadata hash."
+            )
+      where
+        metadataHash :: String -> Either String (Hash GovernanceActionInfoMetadata)
+        metadataHash =
+          first displayError
+            . deserialiseFromRawBytesHex (AsHash AsGovernanceActionInfoMetadata)
+            . BSC.pack
 
     pActionView :: Parser GovernanceActionCmd
     pActionView =
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
index dbc871fdf2..fb9e6cd854 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@ Usage: cardano-cli governance action (create-info | view | query)
 
   Commands related to governance actions
 
-Usage: cardano-cli governance action create-info 
-            ( --stake-verification-key STRING
-            | --stake-verification-key-file FILE
-            | --stake-script-file FILE
-            )
-            (--metadata-url URL | --metadata-file FILE)
+Usage: cardano-cli governance action create-info --metadata-url URL
+            --metadata-hash HASH
             --out-file FILE
 
   Create an info action
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/governance_action_create-info.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/governance_action_create-info.cli
index c885140ea4..91efec8cd2 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/governance_action_create-info.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/governance_action_create-info.cli
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
-Usage: cardano-cli governance action create-info 
-            ( --stake-verification-key STRING
-            | --stake-verification-key-file FILE
-            | --stake-script-file FILE
-            )
-            (--metadata-url URL | --metadata-file FILE)
+Usage: cardano-cli governance action create-info --metadata-url URL
+            --metadata-hash HASH
             --out-file FILE
 
   Create an info action
 
 Available options:
-  --stake-verification-key STRING
-                           Stake verification key (Bech32 or hex-encoded).
-  --stake-verification-key-file FILE
-                           Filepath of the staking verification key.
-  --stake-script-file FILE Filepath of the staking script.
   --metadata-url URL       The metadata url.
-  --metadata-file FILE     The metadata file.
+  --metadata-hash HASH     Pool metadata hash.
   --out-file FILE          The output file.
   -h,--help                Show this help text