diff --git a/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command.go b/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command.go
index 2db4722..8499667 100644
--- a/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command.go
+++ b/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func versionCmd(c *Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	}
 
 	// add flag for version kubectl command
-	flags = append(flags, "version", "--short")
+	flags = append(flags, "version", "--output=yaml")
 
 	return exec.Command(_kubectl, flags...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command_test.go b/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command_test.go
index 745d767..f46981e 100644
--- a/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/vela-kubernetes/command_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestKubernetes_versionCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--context=%s", c.Context),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%s", c.Namespace),
 		"version",
-		"--short",
+		"--output=yaml",
 	)
 
 	got := versionCmd(c)