diff --git a/changelog/fix_duplicate_ext_cop_versions_when_using_rubocop_verbose_version.md b/changelog/fix_duplicate_ext_cop_versions_when_using_rubocop_verbose_version.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a0526394c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fix_duplicate_ext_cop_versions_when_using_rubocop_verbose_version.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#9356](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/9356): Fix duplicate extension cop versions when using `rubocop -V`. ([@koic][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb b/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
index a0b66e06be8e..92d101275410 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def merge_with_default(config, config_file, unset_nil: true)
       end
 
       def loaded_features
-        @loaded_features.flatten.compact
+        @loaded_features.flatten.compact.uniq
       end
 
       # @api private
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
index 44a16a6cc085..1a07b87dc580 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cli/cli_options_spec.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,31 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when requiring redundant extension cop' do
+      before do
+        create_file('ext.yml', <<~YAML)
+          require:
+            - rubocop-rspec
+        YAML
+        create_file('.rubocop.yml', <<~YAML)
+          inherit_from: ext.yml
+          require:
+            - rubocop-performance
+            - rubocop-rspec
+        YAML
+      end
+
+      it 'shows with version of each extension cop once' do
+        output = `ruby -I . "#{rubocop}" -V --disable-pending-cops`
+        expect(output).to include(RuboCop::Version::STRING)
+        expect(output).to match(/Parser \d+\.\d+\.\d+/)
+        expect(output).to match(/rubocop-ast \d+\.\d+\.\d+/)
+        expect(output).to match(
+          /- rubocop-performance \d+\.\d+\.\d+\n  - rubocop-rspec \d+\.\d+\.\d+\n\z/
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when there are pending cops' do
       let(:pending_cop_warning) { <<~PENDING_COP_WARNING }
         The following cops were added to RuboCop, but are not configured. Please set Enabled to either `true` or `false` in your `.rubocop.yml` file.