diff --git a/packages/cli/changelog/@unreleased/pr-70.v2.yml b/packages/cli/changelog/@unreleased/pr-70.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11b42897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/changelog/@unreleased/pr-70.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Log OSDK CLI version on start of CLI
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/osdk-ts/pull/70
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index 5702cfbc6..0062464ca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ import site from "./commands/site/index.js";
 import typescript from "./commands/typescript/index.js";
 import { ExitProcessError } from "./ExitProcessError.js";
 import { logConfigFileMiddleware } from "./yargs/logConfigFileMiddleware.js";
-import { logVersionMiddleware } from "./yargs/logVersionMiddleware.js";
+import { logLevelMiddleware } from "./yargs/logLevelMiddleware.js";
 import { YargsCheckError } from "./YargsCheckError.js";
 
 export async function cli(args: string[] = process.argv) {
+  consola.info(
+    `Palantir OSDK CLI ${process.env.PACKAGE_VERSION}\n`,
+  );
+
   const base: Argv<CliCommonArgs> = yargs(hideBin(args))
     .wrap(Math.min(150, yargs().terminalWidth()))
     .env("OSDK")
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ export async function cli(args: string[] = process.argv) {
       },
     )
     .demandCommand()
-    .middleware(logVersionMiddleware, true)
+    .middleware(logLevelMiddleware, true)
     .middleware(logConfigFileMiddleware)
     .strict()
     .command({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/yargs/logVersionMiddleware.ts b/packages/cli/src/yargs/logLevelMiddleware.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from packages/cli/src/yargs/logVersionMiddleware.ts
rename to packages/cli/src/yargs/logLevelMiddleware.ts
index f034a4887..9ecdc0058 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/yargs/logVersionMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/yargs/logLevelMiddleware.ts
@@ -18,21 +18,17 @@ import { consola } from "consola";
 import type { CliCommonArgs } from "../CliCommonArgs.js";
 
 let firstTime = true;
-export async function logVersionMiddleware(args: CliCommonArgs) {
+export async function logLevelMiddleware(args: CliCommonArgs) {
   if (firstTime) {
     firstTime = false;
-    // This will be called before any command is executed
-    consola.info(
-      `Palantir OSDK CLI ${process.env.PACKAGE_VERSION}`,
-    );
 
     consola.level = 3 + args.verbose; // so 1 -v is debug logs and -vv is trace
     if (consola.level > 3) {
       consola.debug(
-        `Verbose logging enabled (${consola.level === 4 ? "debug" : "trace"})`,
+        `Verbose logging enabled (${
+          consola.level === 4 ? "debug" : "trace"
+        })\n`,
       );
     }
-
-    consola.log(""); // intentional blank line
   }
 }