diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1749c3cbd..cbf8181c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,91 +32,91 @@ LDFLAGS += -X $(PROJECT_PKG)/internal/version.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}
 LDFLAGS += -X $(PROJECT_PKG)/internal/version.GitTreeState=${GIT_DIRTY}
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: tidy vendor check-encoding
+test: tidy vendor check-encoding  ## tidy and run tests
 	$(GO_EXE) test -race -v -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
 
 .PHONY: teste2e
-teste2e:
+teste2e:  ## run end to end tests
 	./test/e2e/scripts/e2e.sh $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel) --clean 
 
 .PHONY: covhtml
-covhtml:
+covhtml:  ## look at code coverage
 	open .cover/coverage.html
 
 .PHONY: clean
-clean:
+clean:  ## clean up build
 	git status --ignored --short | grep '^!! ' | sed 's/!! //' | xargs rm -rf
 
 .PHONY: build
-build: build-linux build-mac build-windows
+build: build-linux build-mac build-windows  ## build for all targets
 
 .PHONY: build-linux
-build-linux: build-linux-amd64 build-linux-arm64 build-linux-arm-v7 build-linux-s390x
+build-linux: build-linux-amd64 build-linux-arm64 build-linux-arm-v7 build-linux-s390x  ## build all linux architectures
 
 .PHONY: build-linux-amd64
-build-linux-amd64:
+build-linux-amd64:  ## build for linux amd64
 	GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/linux/amd64/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-linux-arm64
-build-linux-arm64:
+build-linux-arm64:  ## build for linux arm64
 	GOARCH=arm64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/linux/arm64/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-linux-arm-v7
-build-linux-arm-v7:
+build-linux-arm-v7:  ## build for linux arm v7
 	GOARCH=arm CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/linux/arm/v7/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-linux-s390x
-build-linux-s390x:
+build-linux-s390x:  ## build for linux s390x
 	GOARCH=s390x CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/linux/s390x/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-mac
-build-mac: build-mac-arm64 build-mac-amd64
+build-mac: build-mac-arm64 build-mac-amd64  ## build all mac architectures
 
 .PHONY: build-mac-amd64
-build-mac-amd64:
+build-mac-amd64:  ## build for mac amd64
 	GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/darwin/amd64/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-mac-arm64
-build-mac-arm64:
+build-mac-arm64:  ## build for mac arm64
 	GOARCH=arm64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/darwin/arm64/$(CLI_EXE) $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-windows
-build-windows: build-windows-amd64 build-windows-arm64
+build-windows: build-windows-amd64 build-windows-arm64  ## build all windows architectures
 
 .PHONY: build-windows-amd64
-build-windows-amd64:
+build-windows-amd64:  ## build for windows amd64
 	GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/windows/amd64/$(CLI_EXE).exe $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: build-windows-arm64
-build-windows-arm64:
+build-windows-arm64:  ## build for windows arm64
 	GOARCH=arm64 CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows $(GO_EXE) build -v --ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o bin/windows/arm64/$(CLI_EXE).exe $(CLI_PKG)
 
 .PHONY: check-encoding
-check-encoding:
+check-encoding:  ## check file CR/LF encoding
 	! find cmd internal -name "*.go" -type f -exec file "{}" ";" | grep CRLF
 
 .PHONY: fix-encoding
-fix-encoding:
+fix-encoding:  ## fix file CR/LF encoding
 	find cmd internal -type f -name "*.go" -exec sed -i -e "s/\r//g" {} +
 
 .PHONY: tidy
-tidy:
+tidy:  ## go mod tidy
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO_EXE) mod tidy
 
 .PHONY: vendor
-vendor:
+vendor:  ## go mod vendor
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO_EXE) mod vendor
 
 .PHONY: fetch-dist
-fetch-dist:
+fetch-dist:  ## fetch distribution
 	mkdir -p _dist
 	cd _dist && \
 	for obj in ${TARGET_OBJS} ; do \
@@ -124,15 +124,19 @@ fetch-dist:
 	done
 
 .PHONY: sign
-sign:
+sign:  ## sign
 	for f in $$(ls _dist/*.{gz,txt} 2>/dev/null) ; do \
 		gpg --armor --detach-sign $${f} ; \
 	done
 
 .PHONY: teste2e-covdata
-teste2e-covdata:
+teste2e-covdata:  ## test e2e coverage
 	export GOCOVERDIR=$(CURDIR)/test/e2e/.cover; \
 	rm -rf $$GOCOVERDIR; \
 	mkdir -p $$GOCOVERDIR; \
 	$(MAKE) teste2e; \
-	$(GO_EXE) tool covdata textfmt -i=$$GOCOVERDIR -o "$(CURDIR)/test/e2e/coverage.txt"
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(GO_EXE) tool covdata textfmt -i=$$GOCOVERDIR -o "$(CURDIR)/test/e2e/coverage.txt"
+
+.PHONY: help
+help:  ## Display this help
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} /^[%\/0-9A-Za-z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-45s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fabcdff52..d67fd365f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	golang.org/x/term v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.9.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.2.1-0.20230531090906-7dd0378382c6
 )
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7814d36a9..af86dc08c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 h1:PUR+T4wwASmuSTYdKjYHI5TD22Wy5ogLU5qZCOLxBrI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/term v0.8.0 h1:n5xxQn2i3PC0yLAbjTpNT85q/Kgzcr2gIoX9OrJUols=
-golang.org/x/term v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xPskH00ivmX89bAKVGSKKtLOWNx2+17Eiy94tnKShWo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.9.0 h1:GRRCnKYhdQrD8kfRAdQ6Zcw1P0OcELxGLKJvtjVMZ28=
+golang.org/x/term v0.9.0/go.mod h1:M6DEAAIenWoTxdKrOltXcmDY3rSplQUkrvaDU5FcQyo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/version/version_test.go b/internal/version/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaca323ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/version/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+Copyright The ORAS Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_GetVersion_when_BuildData_is_empty(t *testing.T) {
+	BuildMetadata = ""
+	expected := Version
+	actual := GetVersion()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+		t.Errorf("Tested GetVersion expected was %v actually got %v", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index be9affff7..e3505ea06 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module oras.land/oras/test/e2e
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.10.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.8
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc.3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.9.3 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.sum b/test/e2e/go.sum
index 998bf62ad..a3cc76189 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/e2e/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38 h1:yAJXTCF9TqKcTiHJAE8dj7HMvPfh66eeA2JYW7eFpSE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.10.0 h1:sfUl4qgLdvkChZrWCYndY2EAu9BRIw1YphNAzy1VNWs=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:UDQOh5wbQUlMnkLfVaIUMtQ1Vus92oM+P2JX1aulgcE=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0 h1:WgqUCUt/lT6yXoQ8Wef0fsNn5cAuMK7+KT9UFRz2tcU=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:ZhrRA5XmEE3x3rhlzamx/JJvujdZoJ2uvgI7kR0iZvM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.8 h1:gegWiwZjBsf2DgiSbf5hpokZ98JVDMcWkUiigk6/KXc=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.8/go.mod h1:2J8vzI/s+2shY9XHRApDkdgPo1TKT7P2u6fXeJKFnNQ=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 h1:PUR+T4wwASmuSTYdKjYHI5TD22Wy5ogLU5qZCOLxBrI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191204072324-ce4227a45e2e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.9.3 h1:Gn1I8+64MsuTb/HpH+LmQtNas23LhUVr3rYZ0eKuaMM=