diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index b2f1f7d26bd..03b6ad792ed 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
   "ignore": [
     "website",
     "example-*",
+    "rust-example-*",
     "dev-test*",
-    "@graphql-codegen/client-preset-swc-plugin",
-    "example-apollo-client-swc-plugin",
-    "example-react-nextjs-swr"
+    "@graphql-codegen/client-preset-swc-plugin"
   ],
   "changelog": [
     "@changesets/changelog-github",
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 20f5064c914..8d3550c6d88 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ export default [
 
   // Scripts and config files
   {
-    files: ['scripts/*.{ts,js}', 'prettier.config.cjs'],
+    files: ['scripts/*.{mjs,ts,js}', 'prettier.config.cjs'],
     rules: {
       '@typescript-eslint/no-require-imports': 'off',
+      'no-console': 'off',
     },
   },
 ];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a36c4948121..e0adb7cdddb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist/ .bob/ tsconfig.tsbuildinfo",
     "build": "bob build",
-    "postbuild": "pnpm fix-bins",
+    "postbuild": "pnpm fix-bins && pnpm inject-cli-version",
     "clean": "rimraf node_modules/",
     "dev-test:generate": "pnpm --filter=\"dev-test*\" generate",
     "dev-test:generate:cjs": "pnpm --filter=\"dev-test*\" generate:cjs",
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "examples:codegen": "pnpm --filter=\"example-*\" codegen",
     "examples:test:end2end": "pnpm --filter=\"example-*\" --workspace-concurrency=1 test:end2end",
     "fix-bins": "node scripts/fix-bin.js",
+    "inject-cli-version": "node scripts/inject-cli-version.mjs",
     "postinstall": "husky install",
     "lint": "eslint --cache .",
     "lint:ci": "eslint --cache --output-file eslint_report.json --format json .",
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 73bf7b0588f..0012f3dc1a4 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # @graphql-codegen/cli
 
+## 7.1.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [#10858](https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/pull/10858)
+  [`3fa901b`](https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-code-generator/commit/3fa901b23ad6d3ef0522d2d8121d654bcacbd65d)
+  Thanks [@eddeee888](https://github.com/eddeee888)! - Fix --version flag
+
 ## 7.1.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
index f1f2fe5b98a..d724779e11e 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@graphql-codegen/cli",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.1.1",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/config.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/config.ts
index 845c5274cc4..49d1f7e7ade 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   loadDocuments,
   loadSchema,
 } from './load.js';
+import { version } from './version.js';
 
 const { lstat } = promises;
 
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ export function buildOptions() {
 }
 
 export function parseArgv(argv = process.argv): YamlCliFlags {
-  return yargs(argv).options(buildOptions()).parse(argv) as any;
+  return yargs(argv).version(version).options(buildOptions()).parse(argv) as any;
 }
 
 export async function createContext(
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/version.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8af9d7a657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const version = '__VERSION__';
diff --git a/scripts/fix-bin.js b/scripts/fix-bin.js
index d6b28a22a00..b35284a38d7 100644
--- a/scripts/fix-bin.js
+++ b/scripts/fix-bin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
-// @ts-check
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const fg = require('fast-glob');
diff --git a/scripts/inject-cli-version.mjs b/scripts/inject-cli-version.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bf1b1b99ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/inject-cli-version.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import * as url from 'node:url';
+
+/**
+ * This script injects the `@graphql-codegen/cli` version after building,
+ * so at runtime, we don't have to import `package.json` file for the package version.
+ */
+
+const __dirname = url.fileURLToPath(new url.URL('.', import.meta.url));
+
+const packageJsonFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/graphql-codegen-cli/package.json');
+const versionFiles = [
+  path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/graphql-codegen-cli/dist/cjs/version.js'),
+  path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/graphql-codegen-cli/dist/esm/version.js'),
+];
+
+const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonFile, 'utf8'));
+
+for (const versionFile of versionFiles) {
+  const versionFileContent = fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    versionFile,
+    versionFileContent.replace('__VERSION__', packageJson.version || 'unknown'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  const updatedVersionContent = fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+
+  console.log('***');
+  console.log(`Updated ${versionFile} content:\n"${updatedVersionContent}"`);
+  console.log('***');
+}
diff --git a/scripts/match-graphql.js b/scripts/match-graphql.js
index 73d7557c910..5216208cdf6 100644
--- a/scripts/match-graphql.js
+++ b/scripts/match-graphql.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const pkg = require(pkgPath);
 const version = argv[2];
 
 if (pkg.devDependencies.graphql?.startsWith(version)) {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
   console.info(`GraphQL v${version} is match! Skipping.`);
   return;
 }