diff --git a/apps/cnquery/cmd/providers.go b/apps/cnquery/cmd/providers.go
index 9272128e22..2e2a7ed2db 100644
--- a/apps/cnquery/cmd/providers.go
+++ b/apps/cnquery/cmd/providers.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	installProviderCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "", "install a provider via a file")
 	installProviderCmd.Flags().String("url", "", "install a provider via URL")
+	installProviderCmd.Flags().String("version", "", "install a specific version of a provider")
 }
 
 var ProvidersCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -51,9 +52,17 @@ var listProvidersCmd = &cobra.Command{
 var installProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:    "install <NAME>",
 	Short:  "Install or update a provider.",
+	Args:   cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	Long:   "",
 	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {},
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// If there's a version and a name, we can install the version, using the default home url for
+		// providers
+		version, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("version")
+		if version != "" {
+			installProviderByVersion(args[0], version)
+			return
+		}
 		// Explicit installs of files will ignore version recommendations.
 		// So we just take them and roll with it.
 		path, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("file")
@@ -72,6 +81,13 @@ var installProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+func installProviderByVersion(name string, version string) {
+	_, err := providers.Install(name, version)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to install")
+	}
+}
+
 func installProviderUrl(u string) {
 	if i := strings.Index(u, "://"); i == -1 {
 		u = "http://" + u
diff --git a/providers/providers.go b/providers/providers.go
index 3784e24d49..a74963428b 100644
--- a/providers/providers.go
+++ b/providers/providers.go
@@ -175,15 +175,18 @@ func EnsureProvider(existing Providers, connectorName string, connectorType stri
 		return nil, errors.New("cannot find installed provider for connection " + connectorName)
 	}
 
-	nu, err := Install(upstream.Name)
+	nu, err := Install(upstream.Name, "")
 	existing.Add(nu)
 	return nu, err
 }
 
-func Install(name string) (*Provider, error) {
-	version, err := LatestVersion(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+func Install(name string, version string) (*Provider, error) {
+	if version == "" {
+		latestVersion, err := LatestVersion(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		version = latestVersion
 	}
 
 	log.Info().