diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
index 3552ac10b2a42..f63c60ca5ced0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ async function initCommandLine() {
           acknowledgedIssueNumbers: [],
           ignoreCache: true,
         });
-      } else {
+      } else if (cmd !== 'version') {
         await displayNotices({
           outdir: configuration.settings.get(['output']) ?? 'cdk.out',
           acknowledgedIssueNumbers: configuration.context.get('acknowledged-issue-numbers') ?? [],
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli/cli.integtest.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli/cli.integtest.ts
index 658bb7d355120..a0deaf1b3c3bc 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli/cli.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/integ/cli/cli.integtest.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ integTest('Construct with builtin Lambda function', withDefaultFixture(async (fi
   await fixture.cdkDestroy('builtin-lambda-function');
 }));
 
-integTest('Two ways of shoing the version', withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
+integTest('Two ways of showing the version', withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
   const version1 = await fixture.cdk(['version'], { verbose: false });
   const version2 = await fixture.cdk(['--version'], { verbose: false });