How to get installed Laravel/laravel version

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Installing laravel/laravel (v8.6.12)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v8.6.12): Extracting archive
Created project in D:\Sites\examples\laravel\laravel
> @php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
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the code above is when I install Laravel via composer using php7.4 I have tried running php artisan --version but its shows the version of laravel/framework (v8.83.18), I want to get the version of laravel/laravel (v8.6.12) that I was installed.