diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 723ef53..61ede0b 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ tasks:
   run:
     desc: Run
     cmds:
-      - go run .
+      - go run . {{.CLI_ARGS}}
 
   lint:
     desc: Run lint with auto-fix where possible (dev workflow)
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ tasks:
     desc: Build
     cmds:
       - mkdir -p build
-      - go build -o build/
+      - go build -o build/ -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version=1.0.0-local -X main.commit=aabbcc -X main.date=2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index b6c6ec1..93e75f3 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -10,25 +11,43 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
-// Root is the entry point command for commitlint-scope.
-var Root = &cli.Command{
-	Name:        "commitlint-scope",
-	Description: `commitlint-scope - a linter that checks if declared commit scopes match the changed files`,
-	Commands: []*cli.Command{
-		commands.RunCMD,
-		commands.InitCMD,
-	},
-	Suggest: true,
-	ExitErrHandler: func(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command, err error) {
-		code := 1
-
-		if coder, ok := errors.AsType[cli.ExitCoder](err); ok {
-			code = coder.ExitCode()
-		}
-
-		_, _ = color.New(color.FgRed, color.Bold).Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n%s\n", err)
-		_, _ = color.New(color.FgRed, color.Bold).Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nexit code %d\n", code)
-
-		os.Exit(code)
-	},
+type RootCMDLDFlags struct {
+	Version string
+	Commit  string
+	Date    string
+}
+
+type RootCMD struct {
+	cmd *cli.Command
+}
+
+func NewRootCMD(ldflags RootCMDLDFlags) *RootCMD {
+	return &RootCMD{
+		cmd: &cli.Command{
+			Name:    "commitlint-scope",
+			Usage:   "linter that checks if declared commit scopes match the changed files",
+			Version: fmt.Sprintf("v%s %s %s", ldflags.Version, ldflags.Commit, ldflags.Date),
+			Commands: []*cli.Command{
+				commands.RunCMD,
+				commands.InitCMD,
+			},
+			Suggest: true,
+			ExitErrHandler: func(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command, err error) {
+				code := 1
+
+				if coder, ok := errors.AsType[cli.ExitCoder](err); ok {
+					code = coder.ExitCode()
+				}
+
+				_, _ = color.New(color.FgRed, color.Bold).Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n%s\n", err)
+				_, _ = color.New(color.FgRed, color.Bold).Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nexit code %d\n", code)
+
+				os.Exit(code)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *RootCMD) Run(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
+	return c.cmd.Run(ctx, args)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 25a98ff..1796332 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/thumbrise/commitlint-scope/cmd"
 )
 
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "none"
+	date    = "unknown"
+)
+
 func main() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	if err := cmd.Root.Run(ctx, os.Args); err != nil {
+	root := cmd.NewRootCMD(cmd.RootCMDLDFlags{
+		Version: version,
+		Commit:  commit,
+		Date:    date,
+	})
+	if err := root.Run(ctx, os.Args); err != nil {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "fatal error: %[1]v\n", err)
 
 		os.Exit(1)