diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 4864da1481..978f20a1fa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Merged from 2.2:
  * Fix paging on DISTINCT queries repeats result when first row in partition changes
    (CASSANDRA-10010)
 Merged from 2.1:
+ * Use logback setting for 'cassandra -v' command (CASSANDRA-10767)
  * Fix sstableloader to unthrottle streaming by default (CASSANDRA-9714)
  * Fix incorrect warning in 'nodetool status' (CASSANDRA-10176)
  * Properly release sstable ref when doing offline scrub (CASSANDRA-10697)
diff --git a/bin/cassandra b/bin/cassandra
index 98de8930ec..d8daa5e898 100755
--- a/bin/cassandra
+++ b/bin/cassandra
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ while true; do
             exit 0
         ;;
         -v)
-            "$JAVA" -cp "$CLASSPATH" org.apache.cassandra.tools.GetVersion
+            "$JAVA" -cp "$CLASSPATH" "-Dlogback.configurationFile=logback-tools.xml" org.apache.cassandra.tools.GetVersion
             exit 0
         ;;
         -R)
diff --git a/bin/cassandra.ps1 b/bin/cassandra.ps1
index 25b701b85c..5d10994eb8 100644
--- a/bin/cassandra.ps1
+++ b/bin/cassandra.ps1
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Function PrintVersion()
     $pinfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
     $pinfo.FileName = "$env:JAVA_BIN"
     $pinfo.UseShellExecute = $false
-    $pinfo.Arguments = "-cp $env:CLASSPATH org.apache.cassandra.tools.GetVersion"
+    $pinfo.Arguments = "-Dlogback.configurationFile=logback-tools.xml -cp $env:CLASSPATH org.apache.cassandra.tools.GetVersion"
     $p = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
     $p.StartInfo = $pinfo
     $p.Start() | Out-Null