diff --git a/src/OutputFormat.cs b/src/OutputFormat.cs
index e575021..e3e9470 100644
--- a/src/OutputFormat.cs
+++ b/src/OutputFormat.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ public enum OutputFormat
         /// <summary>
         /// json output
         /// </summary>
-        Json
+        Json,
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Bare output without extraneous information
+        /// </summary>
+        Bare
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/VersionCli.cs b/src/VersionCli.cs
index 5932f46..3abd8ff 100644
--- a/src/VersionCli.cs
+++ b/src/VersionCli.cs
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ public VersionInfo Execute(VersionCliArgs args)
             {
                 WriteJsonToStdout(theOutput);
             }
+            else if (args.OutputFormat == OutputFormat.Bare)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(versionString);
+            }
             else
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Bumped {_fileDetector.ResolvedCsProjFile} to version {versionString}");
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ public VersionInfo Execute(VersionCliArgs args)
         public void DumpVersion(VersionCliArgs args)
         {
             var csProjXml = _fileDetector.FindAndLoadCsProj(args.CsProjFilePath);
-            _fileParser.Load(csProjXml);
+            _fileParser.Load(csProjXml, ProjectFileProperty.Version, ProjectFileProperty.PackageVersion);
 
             if (args.OutputFormat == OutputFormat.Json)
             {
@@ -126,6 +130,10 @@ public void DumpVersion(VersionCliArgs args)
                 };
                 WriteJsonToStdout(theOutput);
             }
+            if (args.OutputFormat == OutputFormat.Bare)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(_fileParser.PackageVersion);
+            }
             else
             {
                 Console.WriteLine("Project version is: {0}\t{1}", Environment.NewLine, _fileParser.PackageVersion);