diff --git a/lib/base_service.js b/lib/base_service.js
index 47abc75..2e4542a 100644
--- a/lib/base_service.js
+++ b/lib/base_service.js
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ class BaseService {
 					global: true
 				}
 			} )
+			// Allow the above definition of --version to not trigger warnings
+			// per https://yargs.js.org/docs/#api-reference-version
+			.version( false )
 			.command( 'docker-start', 'starts the service in a Docker container' )
 			.command( 'docker-test', 'starts the test process in a Docker container' )
 			.command( 'build', 'builds the service\'s package and deploy repo', {