diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
index 686bb9c0c..3c625abd5 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any er
 				GoTarget:  runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH,
 			}
 
-			jsonB, err := json.Marshal(jsonS)
+			err := json.NewEncoder(globalOptions.stdout).Encode(jsonS)
 			if err != nil {
-				Warnf("Marshall failed: %v\n", err)
+				Warnf("Encode failed: %v\n", err)
 				return
 			}
-
-			fmt.Println(string(jsonB))
 		} else {
 			fmt.Printf("restic %s compiled with %v on %v/%v\n",
 				version, runtime.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)