diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/63628-ansible-galaxy-fix-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/63628-ansible-galaxy-fix-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0353e6c6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/63628-ansible-galaxy-fix-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "ansible-galaxy cli - fixed ``--version`` argument"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index 4963b6e7e59..ffe2074093f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
 
     def __init__(self, args):
         # Inject role into sys.argv[1] as a backwards compatibility step
-        if len(args) > 1 and args[1] not in ['-h', '--help'] and 'role' not in args and 'collection' not in args:
+        if len(args) > 1 and args[1] not in ['-h', '--help', '--version'] and 'role' not in args and 'collection' not in args:
             # TODO: Should we add a warning here and eventually deprecate the implicit role subcommand choice
             # Remove this in Ansible 2.13 when we also remove -v as an option on the root parser for ansible-galaxy.
             idx = 2 if args[1].startswith('-v') else 1
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy/runme.sh
index 63dc2e9917a..1082bd22f40 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy/runme.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ ansible-playbook setup.yml "$@"
 
 trap 'ansible-playbook cleanup.yml' EXIT
 
+# Very simple version test
+ansible-galaxy --version
+
 # Need a relative custom roles path for testing various scenarios of -p
 galaxy_relative_rolespath="my/custom/roles/path"