diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 140481a..00b3f59 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ builds:
       - -a
     ldflags:
       - -extldflags "-static"
-      - -X github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/config.version={{.Tag}}
+      - -X main.version={{.Tag}}
 
 archives:
   - format: tar.gz
diff --git a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
index dd4d813..af0cbc6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/validator"
 )
 
+var version = "development"
+
 func processResults(cancel context.CancelFunc, o output.Output, validationResults <-chan validator.Result, exitOnError bool) <-chan bool {
 	success := true
 	result := make(chan bool)
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ func realMain() int {
 	if cfg.Help {
 		return 0
 	} else if cfg.Version {
+		fmt.Println(version)
 		return 0
 	} else if out != "" {
 		fmt.Println(out)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 8bc3599..22cb76d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var version = "development"
-
 type Config struct {
 	Cache                  string
 	CPUProfileFile         string
@@ -102,9 +100,5 @@ func FromFlags(progName string, args []string) (Config, string, error) {
 		flags.Usage()
 	}
 
-	if c.Version {
-		fmt.Println(version)
-	}
-
 	return c, buf.String(), err
 }