diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
index e363587f..f18ddcdf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import {
   ApprovalMode,
 } from '@gemini-code/core';
 import { Settings } from './settings.js';
-import { readPackageUp } from 'read-package-up';
 import {
   getEffectiveModel,
   type EffectiveModelCheckResult,
 } from '../utils/modelCheck.js';
+import { getCliVersion } from '../utils/version.js';
 
 // Simple console logger for now - replace with actual logger if available
 const logger = {
@@ -239,15 +239,6 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
 }
 
 async function createUserAgent(): Promise<string> {
-  try {
-    const packageJsonInfo = await readPackageUp({ cwd: import.meta.url });
-    const cliVersion = packageJsonInfo?.packageJson.version || 'unknown';
-    return `GeminiCLI/${cliVersion} Node.js/${process.version} (${process.platform}; ${process.arch})`;
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
-    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-    logger.warn(
-      `Could not determine package version for User-Agent: ${message}`,
-    );
-    return `GeminiCLI/unknown Node.js/${process.version} (${process.platform}; ${process.arch})`;
-  }
+  const cliVersion = await getCliVersion();
+  return `GeminiCLI/${cliVersion} Node.js/${process.version} (${process.platform}; ${process.arch})`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index e2169980..f3b912bf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ import { render } from 'ink';
 import { App } from './ui/App.js';
 import { loadCliConfig } from './config/config.js';
 import { readStdin } from './utils/readStdin.js';
-import { readPackageUp } from 'read-package-up';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { getCliVersion } from './utils/version.js';
 import { sandbox_command, start_sandbox } from './utils/sandbox.js';
 import { LoadedSettings, loadSettings } from './config/settings.js';
 import { themeManager } from './ui/themes/theme-manager.js';
@@ -34,9 +32,6 @@ import {
   WriteFileTool,
 } from '@gemini-code/core';
 
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
-
 export async function main() {
   // warn about deprecated environment variables
   if (process.env.GEMINI_CODE_MODEL) {
@@ -107,9 +102,7 @@ export async function main() {
 
   // Render UI, passing necessary config values. Check that there is no command line question.
   if (process.stdin.isTTY && input?.length === 0) {
-    const readUpResult = await readPackageUp({ cwd: __dirname });
-    const cliVersion =
-      process.env.CLI_VERSION || readUpResult?.packageJson.version || 'unknown';
+    const cliVersion = await getCliVersion();
 
     render(
       <React.StrictMode>
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
index b90f8d70..2df5ba0a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ export const App = ({
             debugMode={config.getDebugMode()}
             branchName={branchName}
             debugMessage={debugMessage}
-            cliVersion={cliVersion}
             corgiMode={corgiMode}
             errorCount={errorCount}
             showErrorDetails={showErrorDetails}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
index ea83a031..1a4be93e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ interface FooterProps {
   branchName?: string;
   debugMode: boolean;
   debugMessage: string;
-  cliVersion: string;
   corgiMode: boolean;
   errorCount: number;
   showErrorDetails: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/version.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ccc3737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { readPackageUp } from 'read-package-up';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { dirname } from 'node:path';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+let cliVersion: string | undefined;
+
+export async function getCliVersion(): Promise<string> {
+  if (cliVersion) {
+    return cliVersion;
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.CLI_VERSION) {
+    cliVersion = process.env.CLI_VERSION;
+    return cliVersion;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const readUpResult = await readPackageUp({ cwd: __dirname });
+    cliVersion = readUpResult?.packageJson.version || 'unknown';
+  } catch (_e) {
+    cliVersion = 'unknown';
+  }
+
+  return cliVersion;
+}