diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.py
index a4a8edd5366fe..b7c7661dcecf8 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from selenium.common import WebDriverException
+from selenium.webdriver import __version__ as VERSION
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class SeleniumManager:
     """
 
     def binary_paths(self, args: list) -> dict:
-        """Determines the locations of the requested assets.
+        """Builds the Selenium Manager command line argument list and runs it.
 
         Args:
             args: the commands to send to the selenium manager binary.
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ def binary_paths(self, args: list) -> dict:
             args.append("--debug")
         args.append("--language-binding")
         args.append("python")
+        args.append("--selenium-version")
+        args.append(VERSION)
         args.append("--output")
         args.append("json")
 
diff --git a/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager_tests.py b/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager_tests.py
index 13edd5577ce7f..27ebb8db875dd 100644
--- a/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager_tests.py
+++ b/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager_tests.py
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@ def test_gets_results(monkeypatch):
         SeleniumManager().binary_paths([])
 
         mock_get_binary.assert_called_once()
-        expected_run_args = ["/path/to/sm", "--language-binding", "python", "--output", "json"]
+        expected_run_args = [
+            "/path/to/sm",
+            "--language-binding",
+            "python",
+            "--selenium-version",
+            selenium.__version__,
+            "--output",
+            "json",
+        ]
         mock_run.assert_called_once_with(expected_run_args)