diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index b33d688e4e..43a8481e6d 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ func run() error {
 	dir := flags.Dir
 	entrypoint := flags.Entrypoint
 
+	// Initialise version
+	ver.Init()
+
 	if flags.Version {
 		fmt.Printf("Task version: %s\n", ver.GetVersionWithSum())
 		return nil
@@ -132,8 +135,9 @@ func run() error {
 		Stdout: os.Stdout,
 		Stderr: os.Stderr,
 
-		OutputStyle: flags.Output,
-		TaskSorter:  taskSorter,
+		OutputStyle:        flags.Output,
+		TaskSorter:         taskSorter,
+		EnableVersionCheck: true,
 	}
 	listOptions := task.NewListOptions(flags.List, flags.ListAll, flags.ListJson, flags.NoStatus)
 	if err := listOptions.Validate(); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 9685b75c85..34a21d4a8b 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var (
 	sum     = ""
 )
 
-func init() {
+func Init() {
 	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
 	if !ok || info.Main.Version == "" {
 		version = "unknown"
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index 6e2034716a..69131d3385 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ func (e *Executor) setupConcurrencyState() {
 }
 
 func (e *Executor) doVersionChecks() error {
+	if !e.EnableVersionCheck {
+		return nil
+	}
 	// Copy the version to avoid modifying the original
 	schemaVersion := &semver.Version{}
 	*schemaVersion = *e.Taskfile.Version
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index b183014271..9b554ccf91 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ type Executor struct {
 	Stdout io.Writer
 	Stderr io.Writer
 
-	Logger         *logger.Logger
-	Compiler       *compiler.Compiler
-	Output         output.Output
-	OutputStyle    ast.Output
-	TaskSorter     sort.TaskSorter
-	UserWorkingDir string
+	Logger             *logger.Logger
+	Compiler           *compiler.Compiler
+	Output             output.Output
+	OutputStyle        ast.Output
+	TaskSorter         sort.TaskSorter
+	UserWorkingDir     string
+	EnableVersionCheck bool
 
 	fuzzyModel *fuzzy.Model
 
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *ast.Task, call *ast.Call,
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("task: failed to get variables: %w", err)
 		}
-		stdOut, stdErr, close := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, e.Stderr, t.Prefix, outputTemplater)
+		stdOut, stdErr, closer := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, e.Stderr, t.Prefix, outputTemplater)
 
 		err = execext.RunCommand(ctx, &execext.RunCommandOptions{
 			Command:   cmd.Cmd,
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *ast.Task, call *ast.Call,
 			Stdout:    stdOut,
 			Stderr:    stdErr,
 		})
-		if closeErr := close(err); closeErr != nil {
+		if closeErr := closer(err); closeErr != nil {
 			e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: unable to close writer: %v\n", closeErr)
 		}
 		if _, isExitError := interp.IsExitStatus(err); isExitError && cmd.IgnoreError {
diff --git a/task_test.go b/task_test.go
index afb40fa19d..b0d6da7810 100644
--- a/task_test.go
+++ b/task_test.go
@@ -220,10 +220,11 @@ func TestSpecialVars(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run(test.target, func(t *testing.T) {
 				var buff bytes.Buffer
 				e := &task.Executor{
-					Dir:    dir,
-					Stdout: &buff,
-					Stderr: &buff,
-					Silent: true,
+					Dir:                dir,
+					Stdout:             &buff,
+					Stderr:             &buff,
+					Silent:             true,
+					EnableVersionCheck: true,
 				}
 				require.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 				require.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), &ast.Call{Task: test.target}))
@@ -945,9 +946,10 @@ func TestTaskVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.Dir, func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := task.Executor{
-				Dir:    test.Dir,
-				Stdout: io.Discard,
-				Stderr: io.Discard,
+				Dir:                test.Dir,
+				Stdout:             io.Discard,
+				Stderr:             io.Discard,
+				EnableVersionCheck: true,
 			}
 			err := e.Setup()
 			if test.wantErr {
@@ -1767,9 +1769,10 @@ func TestDynamicVariablesShouldRunOnTheTaskDir(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDisplaysErrorOnVersion1Schema(t *testing.T) {
 	e := task.Executor{
-		Dir:    "testdata/version/v1",
-		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: io.Discard,
+		Dir:                "testdata/version/v1",
+		Stdout:             io.Discard,
+		Stderr:             io.Discard,
+		EnableVersionCheck: true,
 	}
 	err := e.Setup()
 	require.Error(t, err)
@@ -1779,9 +1782,10 @@ func TestDisplaysErrorOnVersion1Schema(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDisplaysErrorOnVersion2Schema(t *testing.T) {
 	var buff bytes.Buffer
 	e := task.Executor{
-		Dir:    "testdata/version/v2",
-		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: &buff,
+		Dir:                "testdata/version/v2",
+		Stdout:             io.Discard,
+		Stderr:             &buff,
+		EnableVersionCheck: true,
 	}
 	err := e.Setup()
 	require.Error(t, err)