diff --git a/unittests/unittests_cli/cli_test_suite.py b/unittests/unittests_cli/cli_test_suite.py
index 3b74a429..6cfcc39f 100644
--- a/unittests/unittests_cli/cli_test_suite.py
+++ b/unittests/unittests_cli/cli_test_suite.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from unittests_cli.run_test_case import RunTestCase
 from unittests_cli.start_test_case import StartTestCase
 from unittests_cli.uninstall_test_case import UninstallTestCase
 from unittests_cli.update_test_case import UpdateTestCase
+from unittests_cli.version_test_case import VersionTestCase
 
 
 class CLITestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
@@ -29,12 +30,11 @@ class CLITestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
         self._is_online = True
 
         active_tests = [
-            # nothing needed
+            # # nothing needed
+            VersionTestCase,
             GenerateTestCase,
             NewTestCase,
-            # compare console output
-            # VersionTestCase,
-            # project needed
+            # # project needed
             BuildTestCase,
             PublishTestCase,
             RunTestCase,
diff --git a/unittests/unittests_cli/version_test_case.py b/unittests/unittests_cli/version_test_case.py
index cd7e75e9..73a7053a 100644
--- a/unittests/unittests_cli/version_test_case.py
+++ b/unittests/unittests_cli/version_test_case.py
@@ -1,10 +1,97 @@
+import pkgutil
+import platform
+import sys
+import textwrap
 import unittest
 
+import pkg_resources
+from art import text2art
+from tabulate import tabulate
+
+import cpl_cli
+from cpl_core.console import ForegroundColorEnum
+from termcolor import colored
+
+from unittests_shared.cli_commands import CLICommands
+
 
 class VersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def __init__(self, methodName: str):
+        unittest.TestCase.__init__(self, methodName)
+        self._block_banner = ""
+        self._block_version = ""
+        self._block_package_header = ""
+        self._block_cpl_packages = ""
+        self._block_packages = ""
+        self._name = "CPL CLI"
+
     def setUp(self):
         pass
 
-    def test_equal(self):
-        pass
+    def _get_version_output(self, version: str):
+        index = 0
+
+        for line in version.split('\n'):
+            if line == "":
+                continue
+
+            if index <= 5:
+                self._block_banner += f'{line}\n'
+
+            if 7 <= index <= 9:
+                self._block_version += f'{line}\n'
+
+            if 10 <= index <= 15:
+                self._block_cpl_packages += f'{line}\n'
+
+            if index >= 17:
+                self._block_packages += f'{line}\n'
+
+            index += 1
+
+    def test_version(self):
+        version = CLICommands.version()
+        self._get_version_output(version)
+        reference_banner = colored(text2art(self._name), ForegroundColorEnum.yellow.value).split('\n')
+        reference_banner = "\n".join(reference_banner[:len(reference_banner) - 1]) + '\n'
+        self.assertEqual(reference_banner, self._block_banner)
+
+        reference_version = [
+            colored(f'{colored("Common Python library CLI: ")}{colored(cpl_cli.__version__)}'),
+            colored(f'{colored("Python: ")}{colored(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}.{sys.version_info.micro}")}'),
+            colored(f'OS: {colored(f"{platform.system()} {platform.processor()}")}') + '\n'
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual('\n'.join(reference_version), self._block_version)
+        packages = []
+        cpl_packages = [
+            'cpl_core',
+            'cpl_cli',
+            'cpl_query'
+        ]
+        for modname in cpl_packages:
+            module = pkgutil.find_loader(modname)
+            if module is None:
+                break
+
+            module = module.load_module(modname)
+            if '__version__' in dir(module):
+                packages.append([f'{modname}', module.__version__])
+
+        reference_cpl_packages = [
+            colored(colored(f'CPL packages:')),
+            colored(f'{tabulate(packages, headers=["Name", "Version"])}') + '\n'
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual('\n'.join(reference_cpl_packages), self._block_cpl_packages)
+
+        packages = []
+        dependencies = dict(tuple(str(ws).split()) for ws in pkg_resources.working_set)
+        for p in dependencies:
+            packages.append([p, dependencies[p]])
+
+        reference_packages = [
+            colored(colored(f'Python packages:')),
+            colored(f'{tabulate(packages, headers=["Name", "Version"])}'),
+            '\x1b[0m\x1b[0m\n\x1b[0m\x1b[0m\n' # fix colored codes
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual('\n'.join(reference_packages), self._block_packages)
diff --git a/unittests/unittests_shared/cli_commands.py b/unittests/unittests_shared/cli_commands.py
index eeb253e1..2e30bf82 100644
--- a/unittests/unittests_shared/cli_commands.py
+++ b/unittests/unittests_shared/cli_commands.py
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ class CLICommands:
         else:
             subprocess.run(command, env=env_vars, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _run_with_output(cmd: str, *args) -> str:
+        env_vars = os.environ
+        env_vars['CPL_IS_UNITTEST'] = 'NO'
+
+        command = ['python', CLI_PATH, cmd]
+        for arg in args:
+            command.append(arg)
+
+        return subprocess.run(command, env=env_vars, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+
     @classmethod
     def add(cls, source: str, target: str, output=False):
         cls._run('add', source, target, output=output)
@@ -66,3 +77,7 @@ class CLICommands:
     @classmethod
     def uninstall(cls, package: str, output=False):
         cls._run('uninstall', package, output=output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def version(cls) -> str:
+        return cls._run_with_output('version')