diff --git a/internal/cli/version.go b/internal/cli/version.go
index 0307060..400d6eb 100644
--- a/internal/cli/version.go
+++ b/internal/cli/version.go
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ func writeVersion(out *ui.Writer) {
 	w := out.Out()
 
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "vaultik %s\n", globals.Version)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  commit:     %s\n", globals.Commit)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  build date: %s\n", globals.CommitDate)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  go:         %s\n", runtime.Version())
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  os/arch:    %s/%s\n", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  author:     %s\n", globals.Author)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  homepage:   %s\n", globals.Homepage)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  license:    %s\n", globals.License)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  commit:      %s\n", globals.Commit)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  commit date: %s\n", globals.CommitDate)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  go:          %s\n", runtime.Version())
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  os/arch:     %s/%s\n", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  author:      %s\n", globals.Author)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  homepage:    %s\n", globals.Homepage)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "  license:     %s\n", globals.License)
 
 	if globals.IsDevVersion(globals.Version) {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w)
diff --git a/internal/cli/version_test.go b/internal/cli/version_test.go
index 7068f9d..607b008 100644
--- a/internal/cli/version_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/version_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ func TestVersionCommandReportsBuildVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestVersionCommandLabelsCommitDate checks that the date line is
+// labelled as the commit's date, which is what the build stamps into
+// it, and that its value starts in the same column as the commit's.
+//
+//nolint:paralleltest // executes a command that reads the global rootFlags
+func TestVersionCommandLabelsCommitDate(t *testing.T) {
+	out := runVersionCommand(t)
+
+	wantLine := "  commit date: " + globals.CommitDate
+	if !strings.Contains(out, wantLine+"\n") {
+		t.Errorf("output has no line %q:\n%s", wantLine, out)
+	}
+
+	wantCommit := "  commit:      " + globals.Commit
+	if !strings.Contains(out, wantCommit+"\n") {
+		t.Errorf("output has no line %q:\n%s", wantCommit, out)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestVersionCommandFlagsDevelopmentBuild is the regression test for
 // the thing this command exists to prevent: a build that is not a
 // release must say so. The notice used to be gated on the version