diff --git a/kustomize/commands/version/version.go b/kustomize/commands/version/version.go
index 61cd921693..da2e86b4e5 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/version/version.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/version/version.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/provenance"
@@ -62,12 +63,24 @@ func (o *Options) Validate(_ []string) error {
 }
 
 func (o *Options) Run() error {
+	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read build information")
+	}
+
+	var version string
+	for _, dep := range bi.Deps {
+		if dep.Path == "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize" {
+			version = dep.Version
+			break
+		}
+	}
 	switch o.Output {
 	case "":
 		if o.Short {
-			fmt.Fprintln(o.Writer, provenance.GetProvenance().Short())
+			fmt.Fprintln(o.Writer, version)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintln(o.Writer, provenance.GetProvenance().Semver())
+			fmt.Fprintln(o.Writer, version)
 		}
 	case "yaml":
 		marshalled, err := yaml.Marshal(provenance.GetProvenance())