diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e38d77917..c7c3d0459e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4640,6 +4640,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "humantime",
  "indicatif",
+ "semver 1.0.6",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "solana-account-decoder",
diff --git a/cli-output/Cargo.toml b/cli-output/Cargo.toml
index b71dd2eb36..a92ca18c1f 100644
--- a/cli-output/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli-output/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ clap = "2.33.0"
 console = "0.15.0"
 humantime = "2.0.1"
 indicatif = "0.16.2"
+semver = "1.0.6"
 serde = "1.0.136"
 serde_json = "1.0.79"
 solana-account-decoder = { path = "../account-decoder", version = "=1.10.9" }
diff --git a/cli-output/src/cli_output.rs b/cli-output/src/cli_output.rs
index 606199d487..529ee91ebc 100644
--- a/cli-output/src/cli_output.rs
+++ b/cli-output/src/cli_output.rs
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ pub enum CliValidatorsSortOrder {
     SkipRate,
     Stake,
     VoteAccount,
+    Version,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -494,6 +495,22 @@ impl fmt::Display for CliValidators {
             CliValidatorsSortOrder::Stake => {
                 sorted_validators.sort_by_key(|a| a.activated_stake);
             }
+            CliValidatorsSortOrder::Version => {
+                sorted_validators.sort_by(|a, b| {
+                    use std::cmp::Ordering;
+                    let a_version = semver::Version::parse(a.version.as_str()).ok();
+                    let b_version = semver::Version::parse(b.version.as_str()).ok();
+                    match (a_version, b_version) {
+                        (None, None) => a.version.cmp(&b.version),
+                        (None, Some(_)) => Ordering::Less,
+                        (Some(_), None) => Ordering::Greater,
+                        (Some(va), Some(vb)) => match va.cmp(&vb) {
+                            Ordering::Equal => a.activated_stake.cmp(&b.activated_stake),
+                            ordering => ordering,
+                        },
+                    }
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         if self.validators_reverse_sort {
diff --git a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
index 1fb3119a32..00e3aab897 100644
--- a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ impl ClusterQuerySubCommands for App<'_, '_> {
                             "root",
                             "skip-rate",
                             "stake",
+                            "version",
                             "vote-account",
                         ])
                         .default_value("stake")
@@ -650,6 +651,7 @@ pub fn parse_show_validators(matches: &ArgMatches<'_>) -> Result<CliCommandInfo,
         "skip-rate" => CliValidatorsSortOrder::SkipRate,
         "stake" => CliValidatorsSortOrder::Stake,
         "vote-account" => CliValidatorsSortOrder::VoteAccount,
+        "version" => CliValidatorsSortOrder::Version,
         _ => unreachable!(),
     };
 
diff --git a/programs/bpf/Cargo.lock b/programs/bpf/Cargo.lock
index 8135585ef1..d3b8a8be39 100644
--- a/programs/bpf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/bpf/Cargo.lock
@@ -3317,6 +3317,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "console",
  "humantime",
  "indicatif",
+ "semver 1.0.6",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "solana-account-decoder",