diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/version.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/version.py
index 0af2a004719..7e8d118759c 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/version.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/version.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
                 self.line(self.poetry.package.pretty_version)
             else:
                 self.line(
-                    f"<comment>{self.poetry.package.name}</>"
+                    f"<comment>{self.poetry.package.pretty_name}</>"
                     f" <info>{self.poetry.package.pretty_version}</>"
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_version.py b/tests/console/commands/test_version.py
index 8d671273bbb..4772a400be1 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cleo.testers.command_tester import CommandTester
 
+    from poetry.poetry import Poetry
     from tests.types import CommandTesterFactory
+    from tests.types import FixtureDirGetter
+    from tests.types import ProjectFactory
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
@@ -23,6 +26,18 @@ def tester(command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory) -> CommandTester:
     return command_tester_factory("version")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def poetry_with_underscore(
+    project_factory: ProjectFactory, fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter
+) -> Poetry:
+    source = fixture_dir("simple_project")
+    pyproject_content = (source / "pyproject.toml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    pyproject_content = pyproject_content.replace("simple-project", "simple_project")
+    return project_factory(
+        "project_with_underscore", pyproject_content=pyproject_content
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "version, rule, expected",
     [
@@ -79,6 +94,14 @@ def test_version_show(tester: CommandTester) -> None:
     assert tester.io.fetch_output() == "simple-project 1.2.3\n"
 
 
+def test_version_show_with_underscore(
+    command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory, poetry_with_underscore: Poetry
+) -> None:
+    tester = command_tester_factory("version", poetry=poetry_with_underscore)
+    tester.execute()
+    assert tester.io.fetch_output() == "simple_project 1.2.3\n"
+
+
 def test_short_version_show(tester: CommandTester) -> None:
     tester.execute("--short")
     assert tester.io.fetch_output() == "1.2.3\n"