diff --git a/ctl/dump/dump.go b/ctl/dump/dump.go
index 34ccffd11..41330741b 100644
--- a/ctl/dump/dump.go
+++ b/ctl/dump/dump.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func RunDump(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("failed to read HTTP response body: %v\n", err)
+		log.Errorf("failed to read HTTP response body: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
diff --git a/ctl/main.go b/ctl/main.go
index 179423aae..db73c629a 100644
--- a/ctl/main.go
+++ b/ctl/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/ctl/dump"
 	logcmd "kmesh.net/kmesh/ctl/log"
+	"kmesh.net/kmesh/ctl/version"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/ctl/waypoint"
 )
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(logcmd.NewCmd())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(dump.NewCmd())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(waypoint.NewCmd())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(version.NewCmd())
 
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/ctl/version/version.go b/ctl/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9869b4929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctl/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Kmesh Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"kmesh.net/kmesh/ctl/utils"
+	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/logger"
+	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/version"
+)
+
+var log = logger.NewLoggerScope("kmeshctl/version")
+
+func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "version",
+		Short: "Prints out build version info",
+		Example: `# Show version of kmeshctl
+kmeshctl version
+
+# Show version info of a specific Kmesh daemon
+kmeshctl version <kmesh-daemon-pod>`,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			_ = RunVersion(cmd, args)
+		},
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// RunVersion provides the version info of kmeshctl or specific Kmesh daemon.
+func RunVersion(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		v := version.Get()
+		cmd.Printf("%s\n", v.GitVersion)
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	podName := args[0]
+
+	fw, err := utils.CreateKmeshPortForwarder(podName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to create port forwarder for Kmesh daemon pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if err := fw.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to start port forwarder for Kmesh daemon pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	defer fw.Close()
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/version", fw.Address())
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to make HTTP request: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to read HTTP response body: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	cmd.Println(string(body))
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/daemon/manager/manager.go b/daemon/manager/manager.go
index 715ce0da9..a54de22ac 100644
--- a/daemon/manager/manager.go
+++ b/daemon/manager/manager.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/daemon/manager/uninstall"
-	"kmesh.net/kmesh/daemon/manager/version"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/daemon/options"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/bpf"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/cni"
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	addFlags(cmd, configs)
 
 	// add sub commands
-	cmd.AddCommand(version.NewCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(uninstall.NewCmd())
 
 	return cmd
diff --git a/daemon/manager/version/version.go b/daemon/manager/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d0605bee..000000000
--- a/daemon/manager/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The Kmesh Authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package version
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/version"
-)
-
-func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "version",
-		Short: "Print the version of kmesh daemon",
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			_ = RunVersion(cmd)
-		},
-	}
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// RunVersion provides the version information of kmesh daemon in format depending on arguments
-// specified in cobra.Command.
-func RunVersion(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	v := version.Get()
-
-	y, err := json.MarshalIndent(&v, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(y))
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/status/status_server.go b/pkg/status/status_server.go
index 18afe368c..288d2b1be 100644
--- a/pkg/status/status_server.go
+++ b/pkg/status/status_server.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/controller/ads"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/controller/workload/bpfcache"
 	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/logger"
+	"kmesh.net/kmesh/pkg/version"
 )
 
 var log = logger.NewLoggerScope("status")
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const (
 
 	patternHelp               = "/help"
 	patternOptions            = "/options"
+	patternVersion            = "/version"
 	patternBpfAdsMaps         = "/debug/config_dump/bpf/ads"
 	patternBpfWorkloadMaps    = "/debug/config_dump/bpf/workload"
 	configDumpPrefix          = "/debug/config_dump"
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ func NewServer(c *controller.XdsClient, configs *options.BootstrapConfigs, bpfLo
 
 	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternHelp, s.httpHelp)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternOptions, s.httpOptions)
+	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternVersion, s.version)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternBpfAdsMaps, s.bpfAdsMaps)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternBpfWorkloadMaps, s.bpfWorkloadMaps)
 	s.mux.HandleFunc(patternConfigDumpAds, s.configDumpAds)
@@ -137,6 +140,20 @@ func (s *Server) httpOptions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, s.config.String())
 }
 
+func (s *Server) version(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	v := version.Get()
+
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(&v, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to marshal version info: %v", err)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	_, _ = w.Write(data)
+}
+
 func (s *Server) checkWorkloadMode(w http.ResponseWriter) bool {
 	client := s.xdsClient
 	if client == nil || client.WorkloadController == nil {