diff --git a/lib/commands/version.js b/lib/commands/version.js
index 67b17cfbf3967..9b8a295b95cc4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/version.js
+++ b/lib/commands/version.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Version extends BaseCommand {
   ]
 
   static workspaces = true
-  static ignoreImplicitWorkspace = false
   static skipConfigValidation = true
 
   static usage = ['[<newversion> | major | minor | patch | premajor | preminor | prepatch | prerelease | from-git]']
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/version.js b/test/lib/commands/version.js
index 35987ed83cb7a..3c41991968f29 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/version.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/version.js
@@ -258,6 +258,46 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
       t.matchSnapshot(readFileSync(resolve(prefix, 'package-lock.json'), 'utf8'))
     })
 
+    t.test('with one arg in an implicit workspace', async t => {
+      const paths = []
+      const { version, prefix } = await mockNpm(t, {
+        prefixDir: {
+          'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+            name: 'workspaces-test',
+            version: '1.0.0',
+            workspaces: ['workspace-a', 'workspace-b'],
+          }),
+          'workspace-a': {
+            'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+              name: 'workspace-a',
+              version: '1.0.0',
+            }),
+          },
+          'workspace-b': {
+            'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+              name: 'workspace-b',
+              version: '1.0.0',
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+        chdir: ({ prefix }) => resolve(prefix, 'workspace-a'),
+        config: {
+          'workspaces-update': false,
+        },
+        mocks: {
+          libnpmversion: (_version, opts) => {
+            paths.push(opts.path)
+            return '1.0.1'
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      await version.exec(['patch'])
+
+      t.strictSame(paths, [resolve(prefix, 'workspace-a')],
+        'only versions the implicit workspace')
+    })
+
     t.test('with one arg, all workspaces, saves package.json', async t => {
       const { version, outputs, prefix } = await mockNpm(t, {
         prefixDir: {