diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21c78dba..b65fbfba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,28 +106,28 @@ $ node-lambda deploy --help
 
   Options:
 
-    -h, --help                        output usage information
-    -e, --environment [staging]       Choose environment {development, staging, production}
-    -a, --accessKey [your_key]        AWS Access Key
-    -s, --secretKey [your_secret]     AWS Secret Key
-    -P, --profile [your_profile]      AWS Profile
-    -k, --sessionToken [your_token]   AWS Session Token
-    -r, --region [us-east-1]          AWS Region(s)
-    -n, --functionName [node-lambda]  Lambda FunctionName
-    -H, --handler [index.handler]     Lambda Handler {index.handler}
-    -o, --role [your_role]            Amazon Role ARN
-    -m, --memorySize [128]            Lambda Memory Size
-    -t, --timeout [3]                 Lambda Timeout
-    -d, --description [missing]       Lambda Description
-    -u, --runtime [nodejs4.3]         Lambda Runtime {nodejs4.3, nodejs} - "nodejs4.3" is the current standard, "nodejs" is v0.10.36
-    -p, --publish [false]             This boolean parameter can be used to request AWS Lambda to create the Lambda function and publish a version as an atomic operation
-    -v, --version [custom-version]    Lambda Version
-    -f, --configFile []               Path to file holding secret environment variables (e.g. "deploy.env")
-    -b, --vpcSubnets []               VPC Subnet ID(s, comma separated list) for your Lambda Function, when using this, the below param is also required
-    -g, --vpcSecurityGroups []        VPC Security Group ID(s, comma separated list) for your Lambda Function, when using this, the above param is also required
-    -A, --packageDirectory []         Local package directory
-    -x, --excludeGlobs []             Add a space separated list of file(type)s to ignore (e.g. "*.json .env")
-    -D, --prebuiltDirectory []        Prebuilt directory
+    -h, --help                           output usage information
+    -e, --environment [staging]          Choose environment {development, staging, production}
+    -a, --accessKey [your_key]           AWS Access Key
+    -s, --secretKey [your_secret]        AWS Secret Key
+    -P, --profile [your_profile]         AWS Profile
+    -k, --sessionToken [your_token]      AWS Session Token
+    -r, --region [us-east-1]             AWS Region(s)
+    -n, --functionName [node-lambda]     Lambda FunctionName
+    -H, --handler [index.handler]        Lambda Handler {index.handler}
+    -o, --role [your_role]               Amazon Role ARN
+    -m, --memorySize [128]               Lambda Memory Size
+    -t, --timeout [3]                    Lambda Timeout
+    -d, --description [missing]          Lambda Description
+    -u, --runtime [nodejs4.3]            Lambda Runtime {nodejs4.3, nodejs} - "nodejs4.3" is the current standard, "nodejs" is v0.10.36
+    -p, --publish [false]                This boolean parameter can be used to request AWS Lambda to create the Lambda function and publish a version as an atomic operation
+    -L, --lambdaVersion [custom-version] Lambda Version
+    -f, --configFile []                  Path to file holding secret environment variables (e.g. "deploy.env")
+    -b, --vpcSubnets []                  VPC Subnet ID(s, comma separated list) for your Lambda Function, when using this, the below param is also required
+    -g, --vpcSecurityGroups []           VPC Security Group ID(s, comma separated list) for your Lambda Function, when using this, the above param is also required
+    -A, --packageDirectory []            Local package directory
+    -x, --excludeGlobs []                Add a space separated list of file(type)s to ignore (e.g. "*.json .env")
+    -D, --prebuiltDirectory []           Prebuilt directory
 ```
 
 ## Custom Environment Variables
diff --git a/bin/node-lambda b/bin/node-lambda
index d1bba065..4ae061a8 100755
--- a/bin/node-lambda
+++ b/bin/node-lambda
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ program
   .option('-d, --description [' + AWS_DESCRIPTION + ']', 'Lambda Description', AWS_DESCRIPTION)
   .option('-u, --runtime [' + AWS_RUNTIME + ']', 'Lambda Runtime', AWS_RUNTIME)
   .option('-p, --publish [' + AWS_PUBLISH + ']', 'Lambda Publish', AWS_PUBLISH)
-  .option('-v, --version [' + AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION + ']', 'Lambda Function Version', AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION)
+  .option('-L, --lambdaVersion [' + AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION + ']', 'Lambda Function Version', AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION)
   .option('-b, --vpcSubnets [' + AWS_VPC_SUBNETS + ']', 'Lambda Function VPC Subnets', AWS_VPC_SUBNETS)
   .option('-g, --vpcSecurityGroups [' + AWS_VPC_SECURITY_GROUPS + ']', 'Lambda VPC Security Group',
     AWS_VPC_SECURITY_GROUPS)
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 15fd094f..27672f69 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ Lambda.prototype._params = function (program, buffer) {
     Publish: program.publish,
     VpcConfig: {}
   };
-  if (program.version) {
-    params.FunctionName += ('-' + program.version);
+  if (program.lambdaVersion) {
+    params.FunctionName += ('-' + program.lambdaVersion);
   }
   if (program.vpcSubnets && program.vpcSecurityGroups) {
     params.VpcConfig = {
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index 9feb9342..33541ff4 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('node-lambda', function () {
     });
 
     it('appends version to original functionName', function () {
-      program.version = '2015-02-01';
+      program.lambdaVersion = '2015-02-01';
       var params = lambda._params(program);
       assert.equal(params.FunctionName, 'node-lambda-development-2015-02-01');
     });