diff --git a/.yarn/versions/fecc5928.yml b/.yarn/versions/fecc5928.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe0386dfdc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/fecc5928.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+declined:
+  - "@yarnpkg/cli"
diff --git a/packages/yarnpkg-cli/sources/boot-cli-dev.js b/packages/yarnpkg-cli/sources/boot-cli-dev.js
index 83e4a28c8c5c..97169a1eb501 100644
--- a/packages/yarnpkg-cli/sources/boot-cli-dev.js
+++ b/packages/yarnpkg-cli/sources/boot-cli-dev.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (fs.existsSync(pnpFile))
 require(`@yarnpkg/monorepo/scripts/setup-ts-execution`);
 
 // Exposes the CLI version as like for the bundle
-global.YARN_VERSION = `${require(`@yarnpkg/cli/package.json`).version}.dev`;
+global.YARN_VERSION = `${require(`@yarnpkg/cli/package.json`).version}-dev`;
 
 // Inject the plugins in the runtime. With Webpack that would be through
 // val-loader which would execute pluginConfiguration.raw.js, so in Node