diff --git a/cmd/coca_test.go b/cmd/coca_test.go
index 059bf9d63eba696ff50621ed16ae436e38a90c4c..1a4e85c03724c6d05cdf1dd1cd6a796a8e7454e4 100644
--- a/cmd/coca_test.go
+++ b/cmd/coca_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func executeActionCommandC(cmd string) (*cobra.Command, string, error) {
 	}
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
-	rootCmd.SetOutput(buf)
+	rootCmd.SetOut(buf)
 	rootCmd.SetArgs(args)
 
 	c, err := rootCmd.ExecuteC()
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5c2c643d2779a677a4cf61f57b03a7806ff27c52..8d1549a097231451b5a917fca48460d33d457446 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
 )
 
 var (
+	output = os.Stdout
 	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "coca",
 		Short: "A generator for Cobra based Applications",
@@ -13,6 +15,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 func Execute() error {
+	rootCmd.SetOut(output)
 	return rootCmd.Execute()
 }
-
diff --git a/cmd/testdata/version.txt b/cmd/testdata/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 0fd66b75350cb2d2c7f42c704c8c26c6f711426a..38e353b4e396e102c3a4c27582b402149cc4ec44 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	versionCmd.SetOut(output)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
 }
 
@@ -14,6 +15,6 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "version",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("Coca Version: " + config.VERSION + " -- HEAD")
+		fmt.Fprintf(output, "Coca Version: " + config.VERSION + " -- HEAD \n")
 	},
 }
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diff --git a/cmd/version_test.go b/cmd/version_test.go
index ad28fbb8a024009ad7e23f05aae42bb46cd4f7f5..cc2165e0caa4ca0acb76169f51e777a55b75456e 100644
--- a/cmd/version_test.go
+++ b/cmd/version_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []cmdTestCase{{
 		name:   "version",
 		cmd:    "version",
-		golden: "",
+		golden: "testdata/version.txt",
 	}}
 	runTestCmd(t, tests)
 }
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