diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/version-jinja.yml b/changelogs/fragments/version-jinja.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12813c2ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/version-jinja.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - CLI - Specify jinja version in ``--version`` output
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py b/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
index b54687ba462..8465f7510bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     HAS_LIBYAML = False
 
+from jinja2 import __version__ as j2_version
+
 import ansible
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ def version(prog=None):
     result.append("  ansible collection location = %s" % ':'.join(C.COLLECTIONS_PATHS))
     result.append("  executable location = %s" % sys.argv[0])
     result.append("  python version = %s" % ''.join(sys.version.splitlines()))
+    result.append("  jinja version = %s" % j2_version)
     result.append("  libyaml = %s" % HAS_LIBYAML)
     return "\n".join(result)
 
diff --git a/test/units/cli/test_adhoc.py b/test/units/cli/test_adhoc.py
index b0f30ea243c..6f1dfb0f1f3 100644
--- a/test/units/cli/test_adhoc.py
+++ b/test/units/cli/test_adhoc.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def test_ansible_version(capsys, mocker):
         # Python 2.6 does return a named tuple, so get the first item
         version_lines = version[0].splitlines()
 
-    assert len(version_lines) == 8, 'Incorrect number of lines in "ansible --version" output'
+    assert len(version_lines) == 9, 'Incorrect number of lines in "ansible --version" output'
     assert re.match('ansible [0-9.a-z]+$', version_lines[0]), 'Incorrect ansible version line in "ansible --version" output'
     assert re.match('  config file = .*$', version_lines[1]), 'Incorrect config file line in "ansible --version" output'
     assert re.match('  configured module search path = .*$', version_lines[2]), 'Incorrect module search path in "ansible --version" output'
@@ -112,4 +112,5 @@ def test_ansible_version(capsys, mocker):
     assert re.match('  ansible collection location = .*$', version_lines[4]), 'Incorrect collection location in "ansible --version" output'
     assert re.match('  executable location = .*$', version_lines[5]), 'Incorrect executable locaction in "ansible --version" output'
     assert re.match('  python version = .*$', version_lines[6]), 'Incorrect python version in "ansible --version" output'
-    assert re.match('  libyaml = .*$', version_lines[7]), 'Missing libyaml in "ansible --version" output'
+    assert re.match('  jinja version = .*$', version_lines[7]), 'Incorrect jinja version in "ansible --version" output'
+    assert re.match('  libyaml = .*$', version_lines[8]), 'Missing libyaml in "ansible --version" output'