diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 37fe45d..d50fe74 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Architecture of the Julia binaries. Defaults to x64.'
     required: false
     default: 'x64'
+  show-versioninfo:
+    description: 'Display InteractiveUtils.versioninfo() after installing'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'lib/setup-julia.js'
diff --git a/lib/setup-julia.js b/lib/setup-julia.js
index c7b8a62..25781d1 100644
--- a/lib/setup-julia.js
+++ b/lib/setup-julia.js
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ function run() {
             }
             // Add it to PATH
             core.addPath(path.join(juliaPath, 'bin'));
-            // Test if Julia has been installed by showing versioninfo()
-            yield exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()']);
+            // Test if Julia has been installed
+            exec.exec('julia', ['--version']);
+            // If enabled, also show the full version info
+            if (core.getInput('show-versioninfo') == 'true') {
+                exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()']);
+            }
         }
         catch (error) {
             core.setFailed(error.message);
diff --git a/src/setup-julia.ts b/src/setup-julia.ts
index 028ed68..4dd38e9 100644
--- a/src/setup-julia.ts
+++ b/src/setup-julia.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ async function run() {
         // Add it to PATH
         core.addPath(path.join(juliaPath, 'bin'))
         
-        // Test if Julia has been installed by showing versioninfo()
-        await exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()'])
+        // Test if Julia has been installed
+        exec.exec('julia', ['--version'])
+
+        // If enabled, also show the full version info
+        if (core.getInput('show-versioninfo') == 'true') {
+            exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()'])
+        }
     } catch (error) {
         core.setFailed(error.message)
     }