diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/main.go
index a354df90..d3187bbd 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "--version" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v %v\n", filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), version.String())
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%v %v\n", filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), version.String())
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}