Looks like the version number is hard coded in some places, for example here:

https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/blob/c0ca049fb47210859048525a19a2f065ece496a1/package/scripts/common/quarto#L33-L36

Should these be the version defined here?:
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/blob/de78b925c71f682d532307424aa2b457e88ac69f/configuration#L41

2021-12-07T15:03:51Z
jmbuhr
closed
quarto always returns version 99.9.9
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/205