diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 064c434f0..e161d90c3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ replace github.com/apcera/gssapi => github.com/openshift/gssapi v0.0.0-201610102
 
 replace github.com/openshift/library-go => github.com/aguidirh/library-go v0.0.0-20240911111857-f8fdb642dea5
 
-replace github.com/openshift/oc => github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.1
+replace github.com/openshift/oc => github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.2
 
 replace github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 => github.com/aguidirh/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-beta.1.ocmirror1
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 69f658634..9ebdb47bc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ github.com/aguidirh/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-beta.1.ocmirror1 h1:/UsfVGVrtbsD4N0Lh
 github.com/aguidirh/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-beta.1.ocmirror1/go.mod h1:IcvaJQ0kCbNUrffwSTSblDLCb1IKa1FkZF/1cCstzhs=
 github.com/aguidirh/library-go v0.0.0-20240911111857-f8fdb642dea5 h1:89Qy0b27BXOgF0T7FxFhTxk0IDL/qry2FqXr/sVhvxA=
 github.com/aguidirh/library-go v0.0.0-20240911111857-f8fdb642dea5/go.mod h1:HUFcTET58RjthS3VZVQw1mqCofklZa3EdBEoxDooAZM=
-github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.1 h1:f2qa+WrF2jRHQUDGvnE0wJizHMWC9494ISQ1k/ikryU=
-github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.1/go.mod h1:qPruyC9vtw2CKOWJ0EVGR3E9iSobdjN7hpAEfqqBZPE=
+github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.2 h1:3SMqNBpdyxyepMDXY9ocg4/t7stDj47FXMcCR3ToC1E=
+github.com/aguidirh/oc v0.0.2/go.mod h1:qPruyC9vtw2CKOWJ0EVGR3E9iSobdjN7hpAEfqqBZPE=
 github.com/ajstarks/deck v0.0.0-20200831202436-30c9fc6549a9/go.mod h1:JynElWSGnm/4RlzPXRlREEwqTHAN3T56Bv2ITsFT3gY=
 github.com/ajstarks/deck/generate v0.0.0-20210309230005-c3f852c02e19/go.mod h1:T13YZdzov6OU0A1+RfKZiZN9ca6VeKdBdyDV+BY97Tk=
 github.com/ajstarks/svgo v0.0.0-20180226025133-644b8db467af/go.mod h1:K08gAheRH3/J6wwsYMMT4xOr94bZjxIelGM0+d/wbFw=
diff --git a/v2/internal/pkg/version/version.go b/v2/internal/pkg/version/version.go
index 65dbb6c26..ec6378c61 100644
--- a/v2/internal/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/v2/internal/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
-	clog "github.com/openshift/oc-mirror/v2/internal/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	clog "github.com/openshift/oc-mirror/v2/internal/pkg/log"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,16 +33,35 @@ var (
 	gitTreeState string
 )
 
-type Info struct {
-	Major        string `json:"major"`
-	Minor        string `json:"minor"`
-	GitVersion   string `json:"gitVersion"`
-	GitCommit    string `json:"gitCommit"`
-	GitTreeState string `json:"gitTreeState"`
-	BuildDate    string `json:"buildDate"`
-	GoVersion    string `json:"goVersion"`
-	Compiler     string `json:"compiler"`
-	Platform     string `json:"platform"`
+var (
+	// releaseVersionPadded may be replaced in the binary with Release
+	// Metadata: Version that overrides releaseVersion as a null-terminated
+	// string within the allowed character length. This allows a distributor to
+	// override the version without having to rebuild the source.
+	releaseVersionPadded = "\x00_RELEASE_VERSION_LOCATION_\x00XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\x00"
+	releaseVersionPrefix = "\x00_RELEASE_VERSION_LOCATION_\x00"
+	releaseVersionLength = len(releaseVersionPadded)
+)
+
+func ExtractVersion() (version.Info, string, error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(releaseVersionPadded, releaseVersionPrefix) {
+		return Get(), "", nil
+	}
+	nullTerminator := strings.IndexByte(releaseVersionPadded, '\x00')
+	if nullTerminator == -1 {
+		// the binary has been altered, but we didn't find a null terminator within the release name constant which is an error
+		return version.Info{}, "", fmt.Errorf("release name location was replaced but without a null terminator before %d bytes", releaseVersionLength)
+	} else if nullTerminator > releaseVersionLength {
+		// the binary has been altered, but the null terminator is *longer* than the constant encoded in the library
+		return version.Info{}, "", fmt.Errorf("release name location contains no null-terminator and constant is corrupted")
+	}
+	releaseName := releaseVersionPadded[:nullTerminator]
+	if len(releaseName) == 0 {
+		// the binary has been altered, but the replaced release name is empty which is incorrect
+		// the oc-mirror binary will not be pinned to Release Metadata: Version
+		return version.Info{}, "", fmt.Errorf("release name was incorrectly replaced during extract")
+	}
+	return Get(), releaseName, nil
 }
 
 type VersionOptions struct {
@@ -50,7 +72,8 @@ type VersionOptions struct {
 
 // Version is a struct for version information
 type Version struct {
-	ClientVersion *Info `json:"clientVersion,omitempty" yaml:"clientVersion,omitempty"`
+	ClientVersion  *version.Info `json:"clientVersion,omitempty" yaml:"clientVersion,omitempty"`
+	ReleaseVersion string        `json:"releaseVersion,omitempty" yaml:"releaseVersion,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func NewVersionCommand(log clog.PluggableLoggerInterface) *cobra.Command {
@@ -63,16 +86,12 @@ func NewVersionCommand(log clog.PluggableLoggerInterface) *cobra.Command {
 			# Get oc-mirror version
 			oc-mirror version
 		`),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err := o.Validate(); err != nil {
-				log.Error(" %v ", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
+				return err
 			}
 
-			if err := o.Run(); err != nil {
-				log.Error(" %v ", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
+			return o.Run()
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -100,7 +119,13 @@ func (o *VersionOptions) Validate() error {
 func (o *VersionOptions) Run() error {
 	var versionInfo Version
 
-	clientVersion := Get()
+	clientVersion, reportedVersion, err := ExtractVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not determine binary version: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(reportedVersion) != 0 {
+		versionInfo.ReleaseVersion = reportedVersion
+	}
 	versionInfo.ClientVersion = &clientVersion
 
 	switch o.Output {
@@ -111,6 +136,9 @@ func (o *VersionOptions) Run() error {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARNING: This version information is deprecated and will be replaced with the output from --short. Use --output=yaml|json to get the full version.\n")
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Client Version: %#v\n", clientVersion)
 		}
+		if len(versionInfo.ReleaseVersion) != 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Client Release Version: %s\n", versionInfo.ReleaseVersion)
+		}
 	case "yaml":
 		marshalled, err := yaml.Marshal(&versionInfo)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -130,8 +158,8 @@ func (o *VersionOptions) Run() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func Get() Info {
-	return Info{
+func Get() version.Info {
+	return version.Info{
 		Major:        majorFromGit,
 		Minor:        minorFromGit,
 		GitCommit:    commitFromGit,