diff --git a/cli/vgmstream_cli.c b/cli/vgmstream_cli.c
index fa5af5f4..60ce7163 100644
--- a/cli/vgmstream_cli.c
+++ b/cli/vgmstream_cli.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static bool parse_config(cli_config_t* cfg, int argc, char** argv) {
                 goto fail;
 #ifdef HAVE_JSON
             case 'V':
-                print_json_version();
+                print_json_version(VGMSTREAM_VERSION);
                 goto fail;
             case 'I':
                 cfg->print_metajson = true;
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static bool convert_file(cli_config_t* cfg) {
 #ifdef HAVE_JSON
     }
     else {
-        print_json_info(vgmstream, cfg);
+        print_json_info(vgmstream, cfg, VGMSTREAM_VERSION);
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cli/vgmstream_cli.h b/cli/vgmstream_cli.h
index d289a350..661b6649 100644
--- a/cli/vgmstream_cli.h
+++ b/cli/vgmstream_cli.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ void print_tags(cli_config_t* cfg);
 void print_title(VGMSTREAM* vgmstream, cli_config_t* cfg);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_JSON
-void print_json_version();
-void print_json_info(VGMSTREAM* vgmstream, cli_config_t* cfg);
+void print_json_version(const char* vgmstream_version);
+void print_json_info(VGMSTREAM* vgm, cli_config_t* cfg, const char* vgmstream_version);
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/cli/vgmstream_cli_utils.c b/cli/vgmstream_cli_utils.c
index 7f1c8326..0ff13197 100644
--- a/cli/vgmstream_cli_utils.c
+++ b/cli/vgmstream_cli_utils.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void print_title(VGMSTREAM* vgmstream, cli_config_t* cfg) {
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_JSON
-void print_json_version() {
+void print_json_version(const char* vgmstream_version) {
     size_t extension_list_len;
     size_t common_extension_list_len;
     const char** extension_list;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void print_json_version() {
         json_array_append(cext_list, cext);
     }
 
-    json_t* version_string = json_string(VGMSTREAM_VERSION);
+    json_t* version_string = json_string(vgmstream_version);
 
     json_t* final_object = json_object();
     json_object_set(final_object, "version", version_string);
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void print_json_version() {
     json_dumpf(final_object, stdout, JSON_COMPACT);
 }
 
-void print_json_info(VGMSTREAM* vgm, cli_config_t* cfg) {
-    json_t* version_string = json_string(VGMSTREAM_VERSION);
+void print_json_info(VGMSTREAM* vgm, cli_config_t* cfg, const char* vgmstream_version) {
+    json_t* version_string = json_string(vgmstream_version);
     vgmstream_info info;
     describe_vgmstream_info(vgm, &info);