diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/carta_envoy/carta_envoy/carta.py b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/carta_envoy/carta_envoy/carta.py
index 7e126d10c6bb6e5221cc4dcd38fcfeae4bd56eb6..a94af02bfb20d188e3cb354488f5ae0b9d712766 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/carta_envoy/carta_envoy/carta.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/carta_envoy/carta_envoy/carta.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # along with Workspaces.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import argparse
 import glob
+import importlib.metadata
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
@@ -138,6 +139,11 @@ def make_arg_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         description="Launch CARTA via Workspaces",
         formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--version",
+        action="version",
+        version=importlib.metadata.version("carta-envoy"),
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-d",
         "--directory",
diff --git a/ci/push-package.template.yml b/ci/push-package.template.yml
index 7f3758a3cb7754dab7f07db17493142efd5ce41a..d37145803456f81bf7c0c01651d7d02b61b31cdb 100644
--- a/ci/push-package.template.yml
+++ b/ci/push-package.template.yml
@@ -21,25 +21,25 @@
       - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /(^[0-9]\.[0-9]|^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])-DEVELOPMENT/'
         variables:
           DEPLOY_ENV: "dev"
-          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2.1rc1
+          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2rc1
         changes:
           - apps/cli/executables/pexable/${PACKAGE_NAME}/**/*
       - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
         variables:
           DEPLOY_ENV: "dev"
-          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2.1rc1
+          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2rc1
         changes:
           - apps/cli/executables/pexable/${PACKAGE_NAME}/**/*
       - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^end-of-sprint-[0-9]+/'
         variables:
           DEPLOY_ENV: "test"
-          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2.1rc1
+          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2rc1
         changes:
           - apps/cli/executables/pexable/${PACKAGE_NAME}/**/*
       - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+/'
         variables:
           DEPLOY_ENV: "test"
-          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==$CI_COMMIT_TAG
+          PEX_SOURCE: ${PIP_NAME}==2.8.2rc1
         changes:
           - apps/cli/executables/pexable/${PACKAGE_NAME}/**/*
       - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'