diff --git a/cmd/lima b/cmd/lima
index 3ab47465867..16207b6a2d8 100755
--- a/cmd/lima
+++ b/cmd/lima
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
     echo
     echo "See \`${LIMACTL} shell --help\` for further information."
     exit 0
+  elif [ "$1" = "-v" ] || [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
+    exec "$LIMACTL" "$@"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.go b/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
index b460b3e0879..33b87686d19 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-const NerdctlVersion = "0.8.3"
+const NerdctlVersion = "0.9.0"
 
 func GenerateISO9660(isoPath, name string, y *limayaml.LimaYAML) error {
 	if err := limayaml.ValidateRaw(*y); err != nil {