diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index 7e68985e..edf8532f 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ recipes.
 		app := internal.ValidateApp(c)
 		stackName := app.StackName()
 
+		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
+		if specificVersion != "" && internal.Chaos {
+			logrus.Fatal("cannot use <version> and --chaos together")
+		}
+
 		if err := recipe.EnsureExists(app.Recipe); err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -112,7 +117,6 @@ recipes.
 		}
 
 		version := deployedVersion
-		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
 		if specificVersion != "" {
 			version = specificVersion
 			logrus.Debugf("choosing %s as version to deploy", version)
diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index c8104877..f39d114b 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ recipes.
 		app := internal.ValidateApp(c)
 		stackName := app.StackName()
 
+		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
+		if specificVersion != "" && internal.Chaos {
+			logrus.Fatal("cannot use <version> and --chaos together")
+		}
+
 		if err := recipe.EnsureExists(app.Recipe); err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -125,7 +130,6 @@ recipes.
 			logrus.Warnf("failed to determine deployed version of %s", app.Name)
 		}
 
-		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
 		if specificVersion != "" {
 			parsedDeployedVersion, err := tagcmp.Parse(deployedVersion)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index 64065349..8c10337b 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ recipes.
 		app := internal.ValidateApp(c)
 		stackName := app.StackName()
 
+		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
+		if specificVersion != "" && internal.Chaos {
+			logrus.Fatal("cannot use <version> and --chaos together")
+		}
+
 		if !internal.Chaos {
 			if err := recipe.EnsureIsClean(app.Recipe); err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
@@ -126,7 +131,6 @@ recipes.
 			logrus.Warnf("failed to determine deployed version of %s", app.Name)
 		}
 
-		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
 		if specificVersion != "" {
 			parsedDeployedVersion, err := tagcmp.Parse(deployedVersion)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/integration/app_deploy.bats b/tests/integration/app_deploy.bats
index 30fb9f74..8329793a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/app_deploy.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/app_deploy.bats
@@ -312,6 +312,13 @@ teardown(){
   _undeploy_app
 }
 
+@test "bail out if specific version and chaos" {
+  run $ABRA app deploy "$TEST_APP_DOMAIN" "0.2.0+1.21.0" \
+    --chaos --no-input --no-converge-checks
+  assert_failure
+  assert_output --partial 'cannot use'
+}
+
 # bats test_tags=slow
 @test "COMPOSE_FILE with \$COMPOSE_FILE override works" {
   run sed -i 's/#COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.extra_env.yml"/COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.extra_env.yml"/g' \
diff --git a/tests/integration/app_rollback.bats b/tests/integration/app_rollback.bats
index d6cbbef1..0439b94f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/app_rollback.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/app_rollback.bats
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ teardown(){
   _undeploy_app
 }
 
+@test "bail out if specific version and chaos" {
+  run $ABRA app rollback "$TEST_APP_DOMAIN" "0.2.0+1.21.0" \
+    --chaos --no-input --no-converge-checks
+  assert_failure
+  assert_output --partial 'cannot use'
+}
+
 # bats test_tags=slow
 @test "rollback to previous version" {
   run $ABRA app deploy "$TEST_APP_DOMAIN" "0.1.1+1.20.2" --no-input --no-converge-checks
diff --git a/tests/integration/app_upgrade.bats b/tests/integration/app_upgrade.bats
index 376a75e2..0b1dafb8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/app_upgrade.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/app_upgrade.bats
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ teardown(){
   _undeploy_app
 }
 
+@test "bail out if specific version and chaos" {
+  run $ABRA app upgrade "$TEST_APP_DOMAIN" "0.2.0+1.21.0" \
+    --chaos --no-input --no-converge-checks
+  assert_failure
+  assert_output --partial 'cannot use'
+}
+
 # bats test_tags=slow
 @test "no upgrade if lint error" {
   _deploy_app