diff --git a/bin/ws_find b/bin/ws_find
index 3106efb..0488567 100755
--- a/bin/ws_find
+++ b/bin/ws_find
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
             + list expired/moved workspaces
 
     (c) Holger Berger 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
+    (c) Christoph Niethammer 2024
 
     workspace++ is based on workspace by Holger Berger, Thomas Beisel and Martin Hecht
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ config = yaml.safe_load(open("/etc/ws.conf"))
 usage = "Usage: ws_find [options] [workspacename]"
 
 # option configuration
-parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
+parser = OptionParser(usage=usage, version="workspace version 1.5.0")
 parser.add_option("-F", "--filesystem", dest="filesystem", help="filesystem to search workspace in")
 parser.add_option("-l", "--list", action="store_true", dest="list", default=False, help="list valid filesystem names")
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/bin/ws_list b/bin/ws_list
index f5341e8..85a97dc 100755
--- a/bin/ws_list
+++ b/bin/ws_list
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         + list expired/moved workspaces
 
     (c) Holger Berger 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
+    (c) Christoph Niethammer 2024
 
     workspace++ is based on workspace by Holger Berger, Thomas Beisel and Martin Hecht
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ if os.geteuid() == 0 or os.getuid() == 0:
     admin = True
 
 # option configuration
-parser = OptionParser(usage="Usage: %prog [options] [pattern]")
+parser = OptionParser(usage="Usage: %prog [options] [pattern]", version="workspace version 1.5.0")
 parser.add_option("-F", "--filesystem", dest="filesystem", help="filesystem to list workspaces from")
 parser.add_option("-g", action="store_true", dest="groupws", default=False, help="also list group workspaces")
 parser.add_option("-l", action="store_true", dest="filesystemlist", default=False, help="list available filesystems")
diff --git a/bin/ws_register b/bin/ws_register
index 8fc023b..b19d566 100755
--- a/bin/ws_register
+++ b/bin/ws_register
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     (c) Holger Berger 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
     (c) Bernd Krisckok 2017
-    (c) Christoph Niethammer 2021-2022
+    (c) Christoph Niethammer 2021-2022,2024
 
     workspace++ is based on workspace by Holger Berger, Thomas Beisel and Martin Hecht
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ username = pwd.getpwuid(uid).pw_name
 config = yaml.safe_load(open("/etc/ws.conf"))
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Creates/updates symbolic links to workspaces in a directory")
+parser.add_argument("--version", action='version', version='workspace version 1.5.0')
 parser.add_argument(
     "directory", metavar="directory", type=pathlib.Path, help="directory in which links shall be created/updated"
 )
diff --git a/bin/ws_share b/bin/ws_share
index a772331..a83ef0d 100755
--- a/bin/ws_share
+++ b/bin/ws_share
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #   A workaround to update permissions is to unshare and re-share the workspace
 #   with the users.
 #
-# Copyright(c) 2021      Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>
+# Copyright(c) 2021-2024 Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>
 #
 
 progname=$(basename $0)
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if [[ $? -ne 4 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+function print_version() {
+    echo "workspace version 1.5.0"
+}
+
 function usage() {
 cat <<EOF
 $progname allows to share an existing workspace with other users.
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ Users that were granted read access to a workspace (WS_NAME) can be listed with
 options:
    -F, --filesystem  ws filesystem
    -h, --help        show this help
+       --version     show version information and exit
 
 EOF
 }
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ EOF
 
 # parse command line, based on example provided by util-linux
 OPTIONS=F:h
-LONG_OPTIONS=filesystem:,help
+LONG_OPTIONS=filesystem:,help,version
 PARSED=$(getopt --options=$OPTIONS --longoptions=$LONG_OPTIONS --name "$0" -- "$@")
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "Error: Command line error"
@@ -72,6 +77,10 @@ while true; do
             FILESYSTEM="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --version)
+            print_version
+            exit 0
+            ;;
         --)
             shift
             break