diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index 7a17fb8b..e3e6e2c7 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ EXAMPLE:
 			log.Fatal("cannot use <version> and --chaos together")
 		}
 
+		if specificVersion != "" {
+			log.Debugf("overriding env file version (%s) with %s", app.Recipe.Version, specificVersion)
+			app.Recipe.Version = specificVersion
+		}
+
 		if specificVersion == "" && app.Recipe.Version != "" {
 			log.Debugf("retrieved %s as version from env file", app.Recipe.Version)
 			specificVersion = app.Recipe.Version
diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index 5e41f9c9..879af6a0 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ EXAMPLE:
 		app := internal.ValidateApp(c)
 		stackName := app.StackName()
 
+		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
+		if specificVersion != "" {
+			log.Debugf("overriding env file version (%s) with %s", app.Recipe.Version, specificVersion)
+			app.Recipe.Version = specificVersion
+		}
+
 		if err := app.Recipe.Ensure(internal.Chaos, internal.Offline); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -88,8 +94,6 @@ EXAMPLE:
 			warnMessages = append(warnMessages, fmt.Sprintf("failed to determine deployed version of %s", app.Name))
 		}
 
-		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
-
 		if specificVersion != "" {
 			parsedDeployedVersion, err := tagcmp.Parse(deployMeta.Version)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index 2e4ff78f..5e36b584 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ EXAMPLE:
 		app := internal.ValidateApp(c)
 		stackName := app.StackName()
 
+		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
+		if specificVersion != "" {
+			log.Debugf("overriding env file version (%s) with %s", app.Recipe.Version, specificVersion)
+			app.Recipe.Version = specificVersion
+		}
+
 		if err := app.Recipe.Ensure(internal.Chaos, internal.Offline); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -88,7 +94,6 @@ EXAMPLE:
 			warnMessages = append(warnMessages, fmt.Sprintf("failed to determine deployed version of %s", app.Name))
 		}
 
-		specificVersion := c.Args().Get(1)
 		if specificVersion != "" {
 			parsedDeployedVersion, err := tagcmp.Parse(deployMeta.Version)
 			if err != nil {