diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
index 4b2328f5d..907bdabf3 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ func printVersion() {
 	if version.CurrentCommit != "" {
 		v += "-" + version.CurrentCommit
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("go-ipfs version: %s\n", v)
+	fmt.Printf("Kubo version: %s\n", v)
 	fmt.Printf("Repo version: %d\n", fsrepo.RepoVersion)
 	fmt.Printf("System version: %s\n", runtime.GOARCH+"/"+runtime.GOOS)
 	fmt.Printf("Golang version: %s\n", runtime.Version())
diff --git a/core/commands/version.go b/core/commands/version.go
index 6a318aa3e..e404074fe 100644
--- a/core/commands/version.go
+++ b/core/commands/version.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var VersionCmd = &cmds.Command{
 				if version.Commit != "" {
 					ver += "-" + version.Commit
 				}
-				out := fmt.Sprintf("go-ipfs version: %s\n"+
+				out := fmt.Sprintf("Kubo version: %s\n"+
 					"Repo version: %s\nSystem version: %s\nGolang version: %s\n",
 					ver, version.Repo, version.System, version.Golang)
 				fmt.Fprint(w, out)
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh b/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
index 289c3ddc0..2b86466cf 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_expect_success "ipfs versions matches ipfs --version" '
 
 test_expect_success "ipfs version --all has all required fields" '
   ipfs version --all > version_all.txt &&
-  grep "go-ipfs version" version_all.txt &&
+  grep "Kubo version" version_all.txt &&
   grep "Repo version" version_all.txt &&
   grep "System version" version_all.txt &&
   grep "Golang version" version_all.txt