diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/yank.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/yank.rs
index fea6cbf31b6..ceaffb915ca 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/yank.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/yank.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ pub fn cli() -> App {
         .arg(
             opt("version", "The version to yank or un-yank")
                 .alias("vers")
-                .value_name("VERSION")
-                .required(true),
+                .value_name("VERSION"),
         )
         .arg(opt(
             "undo",
@@ -28,10 +27,15 @@ pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
 
     let registry = args.registry(config)?;
 
+    let (krate, version) = resolve_crate(args.value_of("crate"), args.value_of("version"))?;
+    if version.is_none() {
+        return Err(anyhow::format_err!("`--version` is required").into());
+    }
+
     ops::yank(
         config,
-        args.value_of("crate").map(|s| s.to_string()),
-        args.value_of("version").map(|s| s.to_string()),
+        krate.map(|s| s.to_string()),
+        version.map(|s| s.to_string()),
         args.value_of("token").map(|s| s.to_string()),
         args.value_of("index").map(|s| s.to_string()),
         args.is_present("undo"),
@@ -39,3 +43,21 @@ pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
     )?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn resolve_crate<'k>(
+    mut krate: Option<&'k str>,
+    mut version: Option<&'k str>,
+) -> crate::CargoResult<(Option<&'k str>, Option<&'k str>)> {
+    if let Some((k, v)) = krate.and_then(|k| k.split_once('@')) {
+        if version.is_some() {
+            anyhow::bail!("cannot specify both `@{v}` and `--version`");
+        }
+        if k.is_empty() {
+            // by convention, arguments starting with `@` are response files
+            anyhow::bail!("missing crate name for `@{v}`");
+        }
+        krate = Some(k);
+        version = Some(v);
+    }
+    Ok((krate, version))
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/man/cargo-yank.md b/src/doc/man/cargo-yank.md
index 36922386f89..3b9185d6a65 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/cargo-yank.md
+++ b/src/doc/man/cargo-yank.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cargo-yank - Remove a pushed crate from the index
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
+`cargo yank` [_options_] _crate_@_version_\
 `cargo yank` [_options_] `--version` _version_ [_crate_]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ Undo a yank, putting a version back into the index.
 
 1. Yank a crate from the index:
 
-       cargo yank --version 1.0.7 foo
+       cargo yank foo@1.0.7
 
 ## SEE ALSO
 {{man "cargo" 1}}, {{man "cargo-login" 1}}, {{man "cargo-publish" 1}}
diff --git a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-yank.txt b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-yank.txt
index a56d41bc703..8ad8ca81c77 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-yank.txt
+++ b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-yank.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ NAME
        cargo-yank - Remove a pushed crate from the index
 
 SYNOPSIS
+       cargo yank [options] crate@version
        cargo yank [options] --version version [crate]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ EXIT STATUS
 EXAMPLES
        1. Yank a crate from the index:
 
-              cargo yank --version 1.0.7 foo
+              cargo yank foo@1.0.7
 
 SEE ALSO
        cargo(1), cargo-login(1), cargo-publish(1)
diff --git a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-yank.md b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-yank.md
index d31c162ea0c..21c68d14ade 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-yank.md
+++ b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-yank.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cargo-yank - Remove a pushed crate from the index
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
+`cargo yank` [_options_] _crate_@_version_\
 `cargo yank` [_options_] `--version` _version_ [_crate_]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
 
 1. Yank a crate from the index:
 
-       cargo yank --version 1.0.7 foo
+       cargo yank foo@1.0.7
 
 ## SEE ALSO
 [cargo(1)](cargo.html), [cargo-login(1)](cargo-login.html), [cargo-publish(1)](cargo-publish.html)
diff --git a/src/etc/man/cargo-yank.1 b/src/etc/man/cargo-yank.1
index 7fe705bb351..ac6dfc70882 100644
--- a/src/etc/man/cargo-yank.1
+++ b/src/etc/man/cargo-yank.1
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 .SH "NAME"
 cargo\-yank \- Remove a pushed crate from the index
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
+\fBcargo yank\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIcrate\fR@\fIversion\fR
+.br
 \fBcargo yank\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fB\-\-version\fR \fIversion\fR [\fIcrate\fR]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 The yank command removes a previously published crate's version from the
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
 .sp
 .RS 4
 .nf
-cargo yank \-\-version 1.0.7 foo
+cargo yank foo@1.0.7
 .fi
 .RE
 .RE
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/yank.rs b/tests/testsuite/yank.rs
index 259c5946566..3447aac2885 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/yank.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/yank.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn setup(name: &str, version: &str) {
 }
 
 #[cargo_test]
-fn simple() {
+fn explicit_version() {
     registry::init();
     setup("foo", "0.0.1");
 
@@ -46,3 +46,116 @@ Caused by:
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn inline_version() {
+    registry::init();
+    setup("foo", "0.0.1");
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [project]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.0.1"
+                authors = []
+                license = "MIT"
+                description = "foo"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("yank foo@0.0.1 --token sekrit").run();
+
+    p.cargo("yank --undo foo@0.0.1 --token sekrit")
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "    Updating `[..]` index
+      Unyank foo@0.0.1
+error: failed to undo a yank from the registry at file:///[..]
+
+Caused by:
+  EOF while parsing a value at line 1 column 0",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn version_required() {
+    registry::init();
+    setup("foo", "0.0.1");
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [project]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.0.1"
+                authors = []
+                license = "MIT"
+                description = "foo"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("yank foo --token sekrit")
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr("error: `--version` is required")
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn inline_version_without_name() {
+    registry::init();
+    setup("foo", "0.0.1");
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [project]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.0.1"
+                authors = []
+                license = "MIT"
+                description = "foo"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("yank @0.0.1 --token sekrit")
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr("error: missing crate name for `@0.0.1`")
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn inline_and_explicit_version() {
+    registry::init();
+    setup("foo", "0.0.1");
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [project]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.0.1"
+                authors = []
+                license = "MIT"
+                description = "foo"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("yank foo@0.0.1 --version 0.0.1 --token sekrit")
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr("error: cannot specify both `@0.0.1` and `--version`")
+        .run();
+}