diff --git a/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go b/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
index be9af4726953..1dfc0d66e90f 100644
--- a/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
+++ b/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ import (
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1alpha4"
 	kubeadmbootstrapv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1alpha4"
 	kubeadmbootstrapcontrollers "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/bootstrap/kubeadm/controllers"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
 	expv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/exp/api/v1alpha4"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/feature"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy.go b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy.go
index 88d7c20535ef..7f9267cebe00 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/internal/scheme"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy_test.go b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy_test.go
index 0ffd8245b4dd..63319bcfb827 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/proxy_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/internal/test"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 )
 
 var _ Proxy = &test.FakeProxy{}
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version.go
index 1935fb332440..e041d9a6fa02 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
index 4ab6e396a8d8..fbcf3b249998 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/client/config"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/log"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker_test.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker_test.go
index 135f7680e736..5de6568001e5 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker_test.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/internal/test"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
index cc5f5380bbff..488053b015d6 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/klogr"
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1alpha4"
 	kubeadmbootstrapv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1alpha4"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
 	kcpv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controlplane/kubeadm/api/v1alpha4"
 	kubeadmcontrolplanecontrollers "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
diff --git a/hack/version.sh b/hack/version.sh
index a81d7783457b..a7a78d18f9ee 100755
--- a/hack/version.sh
+++ b/hack/version.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ version::ldflags() {
         local key=${1}
         local val=${2}
         ldflags+=(
-            "-X 'sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version.${key}=${val}'"
+            "-X 'sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version.${key}=${val}'"
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1730cb7a6eaa..e229fb6d609a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/klog/klogr"
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1alpha4"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/version"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controllers"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controllers/remote"
 	addonsv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/exp/addons/api/v1alpha4"
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	expv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/exp/api/v1alpha4"
 	expcontrollers "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/exp/controllers"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/feature"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
diff --git a/cmd/version/version.go b/util/version/version.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/version/version.go
rename to util/version/version.go