diff --git a/ci-build.sh b/ci-build.sh
index f9fc2d9..d888a5d 100755
--- a/ci-build.sh
+++ b/ci-build.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ EVENT_DATA=$(cat $GITHUB_EVENT_PATH)
 echo $EVENT_DATA | jq .
 UPLOAD_URL=$(echo $EVENT_DATA | jq -r .release.upload_url)
 UPLOAD_URL=${UPLOAD_URL/\{?name,label\}/}
-RELEASE_NAME=$(echo $EVENT_DATA | jq -r .release.tag_name)
+RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $EVENT_DATA | jq -r .release.tag_name)
 PROJECT_NAME=$(basename $GITHUB_REPOSITORY)
-NAME="${NAME:-${PROJECT_NAME}-${RELEASE_NAME}}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}"
+NAME="${NAME:-${PROJECT_NAME}-${RELEASE_VERSION}}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}"
 
-go build .
+CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/qiniu/goc/cmd.version=${RELEASE_VERSION}'" .
 
 ARCHIVE=tmp.tar.gz
 FILE_LIST=goc
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..833f772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2020 Qiniu Cloud (qiniu.com)
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// the version value will be injected when publishing
+var version = "Unstable"
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Print the goc version information",
+	Example: `
+# Print the client and server versions for the current context
+goc version
+	`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println(version)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6fec6a..9e9fbaa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.6
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.11.0