diff --git a/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/bazel_diff/cli/VersionProvider.kt b/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/bazel_diff/cli/VersionProvider.kt
index c588b11..f3eb488 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/bazel_diff/cli/VersionProvider.kt
+++ b/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/bazel_diff/cli/VersionProvider.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ class VersionProvider : IVersionProvider {
     val classLoader = this::class.java.classLoader
     val inputStream =
         classLoader.getResourceAsStream("cli/version")
-            ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
+            ?: classLoader.getResourceAsStream("version")
+              ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
                 "unknown version as version file not found in resources")
 
     val version = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(inputStream)).use { it.readText().trim() }