diff --git a/cmd/action/version.go b/cmd/action/version.go
index d80f874c389..5391ba376ca 100644
--- a/cmd/action/version.go
+++ b/cmd/action/version.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package action
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
@@ -27,7 +28,12 @@ func init() {
 // parse returns a user facing version and release notes url
 func parse(version string) (string, string) {
 	if ok := semver.IsValid(version); !ok {
-		return "- development", "https://github.com/ariga/atlas/releases/tag/latest"
+		v := "- development"
+		s := strings.Split(version, "_")
+		if len(s) != 0 && s[len(s)-1] == "canary" {
+			v = version
+		}
+		return v, "https://github.com/ariga/atlas/releases/tag/latest"
 	}
 	return version, fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/ariga/atlas/releases/tag/%s", version)
 }
diff --git a/internal/integration/integration_test.go b/internal/integration/integration_test.go
index 08ea50575e8..4b61db76eb6 100644
--- a/internal/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ func TestCLI_Version(t *testing.T) {
 			),
 			expected: "atlas CLI version v1.2.3\nhttps://github.com/ariga/atlas/releases/tag/v1.2.3\n",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "canary",
+			cmd: exec.Command("go", "run",
+				"-ldflags",
+				"-X ariga.io/atlas/cmd/action.version=v0.3.0_6539f2704b5d_canary",
+				"ariga.io/atlas/cmd/atlas",
+				"version",
+			),
+			expected: "atlas CLI version v0.3.0_6539f2704b5d_canary\nhttps://github.com/ariga/atlas/releases/tag/latest\n",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {