diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 8082d3f0a0..fc285aebd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 process.env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER = "1"
 import "./prebuilds"
 import "./environment"
-import { env } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getCommands } from "./options"
 import { Command } from "commander"
 import { getHelpDescription } from "./utils"
+import { version } from "../package.json"
 
 // add hosting config
 async function init() {
   const program = new Command()
     .addHelpCommand("help", getHelpDescription("Help with Budibase commands."))
     .helpOption(false)
-    .version(env.VERSION)
+    .version(version)
   // add commands
   for (let command of getCommands()) {
     command.configure(program)
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
index 0fa0bd8f5a..ab306debca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "paths": {
       "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
       "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
@@ -16,6 +17,6 @@
     "swc": true
   },
   "references": [{ "path": "../types" }, { "path": "../backend-core" }],
-  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "package.json"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }