diff --git a/news/TEMPLATE.rst b/news/TEMPLATE.rst
index 790d30b..67da92d 100644
--- a/news/TEMPLATE.rst
+++ b/news/TEMPLATE.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 **Fixed:**
 
-* <news item>
+* Updated the existing code to return the version when pytentiostat --version is executed
 
 **Security:**
 
diff --git a/news/version-implemented.rst b/news/version-implemented.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98ba0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/version-implemented.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Updated the existing code to return the version when pytentiostat --version is executed
diff --git a/scripts/pytentiostat b/scripts/pytentiostat
index 8f87228..827fc8f 100644
--- a/scripts/pytentiostat
+++ b/scripts/pytentiostat
@@ -1,4 +1,37 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
 from pytentiostat.main import main
 
 main()
+
+
+def print_version():
+    """Print the version of the pytentiostat package."""
+    try:
+        pkg_version = version("pytentiostat")
+        print(f"Pytentiostat version: {pkg_version}")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        print("Error: pytentiostat package is not installed.")
+
+
+def main():
+    # Set up argument parsing
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Pytentiostat Command Line Interface"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--version",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show the version of pytentiostat",
+    )
+
+    # Parse the arguments
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Check if the version flag is set
+    if args.version:
+        print_version()
+    else:
+        main()