diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9b4701..f7710fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+
+## [1.18.1]
+- Restored --version cli argument
+- Added test for the argument
+
 ## [1.18.0]
 - Added rules for DeepSeek, xAI
 - Removed branding
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a90c97..98fb1fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [package]
 name = "kingfisher"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.18.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index da698e9..62c3bf2 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -28,8 +28,4 @@ Additional notices for Kingfisher
 Copyright 2025 MongoDB, Inc.
 https://www.mongodb.com
 
-Kingfisher is a fork of Nosey Parker that adds (at the time of writing):
-  - Live secret validation via cloud-provider APIs
-  - Extra detection rules and tree-sitter parsing
-  - Native GitLab integration and Windows x64 support
 Source repository: https://github.com/mongodb/kingfisher
diff --git a/src/cli/global.rs b/src/cli/global.rs
index 37e0bbb..e8001a9 100644
--- a/src/cli/global.rs
+++ b/src/cli/global.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ use crate::cli::commands::{
     github::GitHubArgs, gitlab::GitLabArgs, rules::RulesArgs, scan::ScanArgs,
 };
 
+
 #[deny(missing_docs)]
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
-
-/// Kingfisher — Detect and validate secrets across files and full Git history
+#[command(version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))]
+/// Kingfisher - Detect and validate secrets across files and full Git history
 pub struct CommandLineArgs {
     /// The command to execute
     #[command(subcommand)]
diff --git a/tests/cli.rs b/tests/cli.rs
index f1af007..0486b73 100644
--- a/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/tests/cli.rs
@@ -22,4 +22,14 @@ mod test {
             .success()
             .stdout(contains("kingfisher.aws.").and(contains("pattern")));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cli_version_flag() {
+        Command::cargo_bin("kingfisher")
+            .unwrap()
+            .arg("--version")
+            .assert()
+            .success()
+            .stdout(contains(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
+    }
 }