diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a981e20e..e7ab801d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Treat `result` type as a proper built in type. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/860
 - Fix infinite loop when resolving inferred completions when several values in scope has the same name. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/869
 - Fix crash when trying to print recursive polymorphic variants without a concrete definition. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/851
+- Fix `rescript-language-server --version` command. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/873
 
 #### :nail_care: Polish
 
diff --git a/server/src/cli.ts b/server/src/cli.ts
index 4e7b7d451..749be0c6f 100644
--- a/server/src/cli.ts
+++ b/server/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
 import server from "./server";
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2)
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ Options:
       return server(false);
     case '--version':
     case '-v':
-      console.log(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json', { encoding: 'utf8' })).version);
+      const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "..", "package.json")).toString())
+      console.log(version);
       process.exit(0);
     case '--help':
     case '-h':
diff --git a/tools/CHANGELOG.md b/tools/CHANGELOG.md
index 7674479dc..7e0c4752a 100644
--- a/tools/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tools/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@
 #### :bug: Bug Fix
 
 - Fix tagged variant for `Module` and add attr to interface files. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/866
+- Fix `rescript-tools --version` command. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/873
 - Fix output truncate when run `rescript-tools doc path/to/file.res` in a separate process. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/pull/868
diff --git a/tools/src/Cli.res b/tools/src/Cli.res
index 0dfcc046d..6e17a0851 100644
--- a/tools/src/Cli.res
+++ b/tools/src/Cli.res
@@ -5,18 +5,8 @@
 @module("path") external dirname: string => string = "dirname"
 @val external __dirname: string = "__dirname"
 
-module Buffer = {
-  type t
-
-  @send external toString: t => string = "toString"
-}
-
 type processEnvOptions = {stdio?: string}
-type spawnSyncResult = {
-  stdout: Buffer.t,
-  stderr: Buffer.t,
-  status: Js.Null.t<int>,
-}
+type spawnSyncResult = {status: Js.Null.t<int>}
 
 @module("child_process")
 external spawnSync: (string, array<string>, option<processEnvOptions>) => spawnSyncResult =
@@ -89,9 +79,14 @@ switch args->Belt.List.fromArray {
   }
 | list{"-h" | "--help"} => logAndExit(~log=help, ~code=0)
 | list{"-v" | "--version"} =>
-  switch readFileSync("./package.json")->Js.Json.parseExn->Js.Json.decodeObject {
+  let packageJson = join([__dirname, "..", "package.json"])
+  switch readFileSync(packageJson)->Js.Json.parseExn->Js.Json.decodeObject {
   | None => logAndExit(~log="error: failed to find version in package.json", ~code=1)
-  | Some(dict) => logAndExit(~log=dict->Js.Dict.unsafeGet("version"), ~code=0)
+  | Some(dict) =>
+    switch dict->Js.Dict.get("version") {
+    | Some(version) => logAndExit(~log=version, ~code=0)
+    | None => logAndExit(~log="error: failed to find version in package.json", ~code=1)
+    }
   }
 | _ => logAndExit(~log=help, ~code=1)
 }