diff --git a/distant-net/src/manager/client.rs b/distant-net/src/manager/client.rs
index fe642b4..f20c700 100644
--- a/distant-net/src/manager/client.rs
+++ b/distant-net/src/manager/client.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ impl ManagerClient {
         trace!("version()");
         let res = self.send(ManagerRequest::Version).await?;
         match res.payload {
-            ManagerResponse::Version(version) => Ok(version),
+            ManagerResponse::Version { version } => Ok(version),
             ManagerResponse::Error { description } => {
                 Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, description))
             }
diff --git a/distant-net/src/manager/data/response.rs b/distant-net/src/manager/data/response.rs
index 0a52d23..b48cde5 100644
--- a/distant-net/src/manager/data/response.rs
+++ b/distant-net/src/manager/data/response.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub enum ManagerResponse {
     Error { description: String },
 
     /// Information about the manager's version.
-    Version(SemVer),
+    Version { version: SemVer },
 
     /// Confirmation of a server being launched
     Launched {
diff --git a/distant-net/src/manager/server.rs b/distant-net/src/manager/server.rs
index 0b8ca27..bf9c504 100644
--- a/distant-net/src/manager/server.rs
+++ b/distant-net/src/manager/server.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl ServerHandler for ManagerServer {
             ManagerRequest::Version {} => {
                 debug!("Looking up version");
                 match self.version().await {
-                    Ok(version) => ManagerResponse::Version(version),
+                    Ok(version) => ManagerResponse::Version { version },
                     Err(x) => ManagerResponse::from(x),
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/manager.rs b/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
index f65c9f0..a75394f 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ async fn async_run(cmd: ManagerSubcommand) -> CliResult {
                 Format::Json => {
                     println!(
                         "{}",
-                        serde_json::to_string(&version)
+                        serde_json::to_string(&serde_json::json!({ "version": version }))
                             .context("Failed to format version as json")?
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/tests/cli/manager/version.rs b/tests/cli/manager/version.rs
index 8013609..40038fb 100644
--- a/tests/cli/manager/version.rs
+++ b/tests/cli/manager/version.rs
@@ -5,21 +5,9 @@ use crate::common::fixtures::*;
 #[rstest]
 #[test_log::test]
 fn should_output_version(ctx: DistantManagerCtx) {
-    // distant action capabilities
     ctx.new_assert_cmd(vec!["manager", "version"])
         .assert()
         .success()
-        .stdout("WRONG")
-        .stderr("");
-}
-
-#[rstest]
-#[test_log::test]
-fn should_support_output_version_as_json(ctx: DistantManagerCtx) {
-    // distant action capabilities
-    ctx.new_assert_cmd(vec!["manager", "version", "--format", "json"])
-        .assert()
-        .success()
-        .stdout("WRONG")
+        .stdout(format!("{}\n", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))
         .stderr("");
 }