diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index ec06d92..a5618a2 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ builds:
       - linux
       - windows
       - darwin
+    ldflags:
+    - "-X k8s.io/component-base/version.gitVersion=v{{.Version}}"
+    - "-X k8s.io/component-base/version.gitCommit={{.Commit}}"
+    - "-X k8s.io/component-base/version.gitTreeState={{.GitTreeState}}"
+    - "-X k8s.io/component-base/version.buildDate={{.Date}}"
 
 archives:
   - format: tar.gz
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 008d3d8..1601abc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ github.com/zalando/go-keyring v0.2.6 h1:r7Yc3+H+Ux0+M72zacZoItR3UDxeWfKTcabvkI8u
 github.com/zalando/go-keyring v0.2.6/go.mod h1:2TCrxYrbUNYfNS/Kgy/LSrkSQzZ5UPVH85RwfczwvcI=
 go.miloapis.com/activity v0.2.0 h1:/l5Ce713MSSlaPw3eS0aaVV+Btqo4TJ/evhD9SchPDQ=
 go.miloapis.com/activity v0.2.0/go.mod h1:sp04VDZnzqyj26+Cp10NkrA4YT3FXyN48wS8nw3zuRk=
-go.miloapis.com/milo v0.18.0 h1:+6HRLlRO2genWFnIw9803A1er9/vmRfP1EOC3ZlEF/U=
-go.miloapis.com/milo v0.18.0/go.mod h1:xOFYvUsvSZV3z6eow5YdB5C/qRQf2s/5/arcfJs5XPg=
-go.miloapis.com/milo v0.19.0 h1:8ApTM+5ISKEb7FYR1i+YeiSddlbR468/eul8ZqYrzqg=
-go.miloapis.com/milo v0.19.0/go.mod h1:xOFYvUsvSZV3z6eow5YdB5C/qRQf2s/5/arcfJs5XPg=
 go.miloapis.com/milo v0.19.1 h1:/USSd/9zraGaLUv0P1Vh1xo0lLp+zBIERG0ebcjDXNM=
 go.miloapis.com/milo v0.19.1/go.mod h1:xOFYvUsvSZV3z6eow5YdB5C/qRQf2s/5/arcfJs5XPg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0 h1:8yPrr/S0ND9QEfTfdP9V+SiwT4E0G7Y5MO7p85nis48=
@@ -252,56 +248,28 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.0 h1:iBAU5LTyBI9vw3L5glmat1njFK34srdLmktWwLTprlY=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.0/go.mod h1:AQ0SNTzm4ZAczM03QH42c7l3bih1TbAXYo0DkF8ktnA=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.1 h1:0PO/1FhlK/EQNVK5+txc4FuhQibV25VLSdLMmGpDE/Q=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.1/go.mod h1:28uR9xlXWml9eT0uaGo6y71xK86JBELShLy4wR1XtxM=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.2 h1:tW7mWc2RpxW7HS4CoRXhtYHSzme1PN1UjGHJ1bdrtdw=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.2/go.mod h1:7AJfqGoAZcwSFhOjcGM7WV05QxMMgUaChNfLTXDRE60=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 h1:3xHk2rTOdWXXJM+RDQZJvdx0yEOgC0FgQ1PlJatA5T4=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:E1Ahk9SADaLQ4qtzYFkwUqusXTcaV2uw3l14aqpL2LU=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.1 h1:p5vvALkknlOcAqARwjS20kJffgzHqwyQRM8vHLwgU7w=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.1/go.mod h1:2CN4fe1GZ3HMe4wBr25qXyJnJyZaquy4nNlNmb3R7AQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0 h1:Z2L3IHvPVv/MJ7xRxHEtk6GoJElaAqDCCU0S6ncYok8=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0/go.mod h1:jQCgFZFR1F4Ik7hvr2g84RTJSZegBc8yHgFWKn//hns=
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-k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:QUy1U4+PrzbJaM3XGu2tQ7U9A4udRRo5cyxkFX0GEds=
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-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0 h1:PEJtYS/Zr4p20PfZSLCbY6YvaoLrfByd6THQzPworUE=
-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VBRvHzosVAoVdP3XwUQn1Oqkvaa8facnokNkD7jOTMY=
-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.1 h1:uKcXFe8J7AMAM4Gm2JDK4mp198dBEq2nyeYtO+JfGJE=
-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.1/go.mod h1:55/hiXIq1C8qIJ3WBrWxEwDLdHQYhBNRdZOz9f7yvTw=
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-k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0 h1:IAW0ifFbfQQwQmga0UdoH0yvdqrbwMdq9vIFEhRpxBE=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0/go.mod h1:q2E5AAyqcbeLGPdoRB+Nxe3KYTfPce1Dnu1myQdqz9o=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.35.1 h1:+eSfZHwuo/I19PaSxqumjqZ9l5XiTEKbIaJ+j1wLcLM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.35.1/go.mod h1:1p1KxDt3a0ruRfc/pG4qT/3oHmUj1AhSHEcxNSGg+OA=
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-k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 h1:+yBrOhzri2S1BVqyVSvcM3PtPyx5GUxCK2tinZz1G94=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0/go.mod h1:85SCX4UCa6SCFt6p3IKAPej7jSnF3L8EbfSyMZayJR0=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.1 h1:XgvpRf4srp037QWfGBLFsYMUQJkE5yMa94UsJU7pmcE=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.1/go.mod h1:HI/6jXlwkiOL5zL9bqA3en1Ygv60F03oEpnuU1G56Bs=
-k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.0 h1:wcXv7HJRksgVjM4VlXJ1CNFBpyDHruRI99RrBtrJceA=
-k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.0/go.mod h1:ahX0m/LTYmu7fL3W8zYiIwnQ/5gT28Ex4o2pymF63Co=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.1 h1:vwQ/cAfnVwaPeSXTu4DdK3d3n11Lugc5vMb6EV809ZY=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.1/go.mod h1:HQqMwUk68Yyxgj92dJ+J1w/qbx9M0QR0eZ680m/o+Rk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20251125145642-4e65d59e963e h1:iW9ChlU0cU16w8MpVYjXk12dqQ4BPFBEgif+ap7/hqQ=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20251125145642-4e65d59e963e/go.mod h1:kdmbQkyfwUagLfXIad1y2TdrjPFWp2Q89B3qkRwf/pQ=
-k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.0 h1:cL/wJKHDe8E8+rP3G7avnymcMg6bH6JEcR5w5uo06wc=
-k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VR5/TSkYyxZwrRwY5I5dDq6l5KXmiCb+9w8IKplk3Qo=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.1 h1:zP3Er8C5i1dcAFUMh9Eva0kVvZHptXIn/+8NtRWMxwg=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.1/go.mod h1:cQ2uAPs5IO/kx8R5s5J3Ihv3VCYwrx0obCXum0CvnXo=
-k8s.io/metrics v0.35.0 h1:xVFoqtAGm2dMNJAcB5TFZJPCen0uEqqNt52wW7ABbX8=
-k8s.io/metrics v0.35.0/go.mod h1:g2Up4dcBygZi2kQSEQVDByFs+VUwepJMzzQLJJLpq4M=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.35.1 h1:MUcrUcWlq81XiripkydzCGsY9zQawDXfP9IICNNcVVw=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.35.1/go.mod h1:9x7xWOAOiWzHA0vaqLgSE4PXF3vyT5ts5XIbx8OSjiI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260108192941-914a6e750570 h1:JT4W8lsdrGENg9W+YwwdLJxklIuKWdRm+BC+xt33FOY=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/root.go b/internal/cmd/root.go
index 526410b..c5e8314 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/root.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/root.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/edit"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/explain"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/version"
 )
 
 func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "datumctl",
 		Short: "A CLI for interacting with the Datum platform",
 	}
+	// kubectl version expects this flag to exist; add it here to avoid nil deref.
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("warnings-as-errors", false, "Treat warnings as errors")
 	ioStreams := genericclioptions.IOStreams{
 		In:     rootCmd.InOrStdin(),
 		Out:    rootCmd.OutOrStdout(),
@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@ func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	apiResourceCmd.GroupID = "other"
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(apiResourceCmd)
 
+	versionCmd := version.NewCmdVersion(factory, ioStreams)
+	versionCmd.GroupID = "other"
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(mcp.Command())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(activity.NewActivityCommand(activity.ActivityCommandOptions{
 		Factory:   factory,