diff --git a/CHANGES/+distribution-version.feature b/CHANGES/+distribution-version.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..279c8a4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/+distribution-version.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the `--version` option to rpm and file distribution create and update commands to pin a specific repository version for distribution.
diff --git a/CHANGES/pulp-glue/+distribution-version.feature b/CHANGES/pulp-glue/+distribution-version.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd8edb926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/pulp-glue/+distribution-version.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support for setting `repository_version` on rpm and file distributions via a `version` parameter.
diff --git a/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/file/context.py b/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/file/context.py
index 76f88cf07..baeb47fc5 100644
--- a/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/file/context.py
+++ b/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/file/context.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     PulpRepositoryVersionContext,
     api_spec_quirk,
 )
+from pulp_glue.common.exceptions import PulpException
 from pulp_glue.common.i18n import get_translation
 
 translation = get_translation(__package__)
@@ -87,6 +88,23 @@ def preprocess_entity(self, body: EntityDefinition, partial: bool = False) -> En
                 body["publication"] = None
             if "repository" not in body and "publication" in body:
                 body["repository"] = None
+
+        version = body.pop("version", None)
+        if version is not None:
+            self.pulp_ctx.needs_plugin(PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0"))
+            repository_href = body.pop("repository", None)
+            if repository_href is None and partial:
+                repository_href = self.entity.get("repository")
+            if repository_href is None:
+                raise PulpException(_("--repository must be provided"))
+            body["repository_version"] = f"{repository_href}versions/{version}/"
+            body["repository"] = None
+            body["publication"] = None
+        elif "repository" in body and self.pulp_ctx.has_plugin(
+            PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0")
+        ):
+            body["repository_version"] = None
+
         return body
 
 
diff --git a/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/rpm/context.py b/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/rpm/context.py
index ca7c9d50a..d85a7cb26 100644
--- a/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/rpm/context.py
+++ b/pulp-glue/src/pulp_glue/rpm/context.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     PulpViewSetContext,
     api_spec_quirk,
 )
+from pulp_glue.common.exceptions import PulpException
 from pulp_glue.common.i18n import get_translation
 
 translation = get_translation(__package__)
@@ -86,6 +87,23 @@ def preprocess_entity(self, body: EntityDefinition, partial: bool = False) -> En
                 body["publication"] = None
             if "repository" not in body and "publication" in body:
                 body["repository"] = None
+
+        version = body.pop("version", None)
+        if version is not None:
+            self.pulp_ctx.needs_plugin(PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0"))
+            repository_href = body.pop("repository", None)
+            if repository_href is None and partial:
+                repository_href = self.entity.get("repository")
+            if repository_href is None:
+                raise PulpException(_("--repository must be provided"))
+            body["repository_version"] = f"{repository_href}versions/{version}/"
+            body["repository"] = None
+            body["publication"] = None
+        elif "repository" in body and self.pulp_ctx.has_plugin(
+            PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0")
+        ):
+            body["repository_version"] = None
+
         if body.get("generate_repo_config") is False:
             self.pulp_ctx.needs_plugin(
                 PluginRequirement(
diff --git a/pulp-glue/tests/test_distribution_preprocess.py b/pulp-glue/tests/test_distribution_preprocess.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f39f8901c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulp-glue/tests/test_distribution_preprocess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import json
+import typing as t
+
+import pytest
+
+from pulp_glue.common import context as context_module
+from pulp_glue.common.context import PulpContext, PulpDistributionContext
+from pulp_glue.common.exceptions import PulpException
+from pulp_glue.common.openapi import OpenAPI
+from pulp_glue.file.context import PulpFileDistributionContext
+from pulp_glue.rpm.context import PulpRpmDistributionContext
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.glue
+
+REPO_HREF = "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/01234567-0123-0123-0123-0123456789ab/"
+REPO_VERSION_HREF = REPO_HREF + "versions/5/"
+PUBLICATION_HREF = "/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/01234567-0123-0123-0123-0123456789ab/"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def modern_pulp_ctx(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> PulpContext:
+    spec = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "openapi": "3.0.3",
+            "info": {
+                "title": "test",
+                "version": "0.0.0",
+                "x-pulp-app-versions": {"core": "3.106.0", "rpm": "3.30.0", "file": "3.75.0"},
+            },
+            "paths": {},
+        }
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(context_module, "_patch_api_hook", lambda spec: spec)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(OpenAPI, "load_api", lambda self, refresh_cache: self._parse_api(spec))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        OpenAPI,
+        "_send_request",
+        lambda *args, **kwargs: pytest.fail("No API calls allowed in unit tests."),
+    )
+    settings: dict[str, t.Any] = {"base_url": "nowhere"}
+    return PulpContext.from_config(settings)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ctx_cls",
+    [PulpRpmDistributionContext, PulpFileDistributionContext],
+    ids=["rpm", "file"],
+)
+class TestDistributionPreprocess:
+    def test_version_with_repository(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        body = ctx.preprocess_entity({"version": 5, "repository": REPO_HREF}, partial=False)
+        assert body["repository_version"] == REPO_VERSION_HREF
+        assert body["repository"] is None
+        assert body["publication"] is None
+        assert "version" not in body
+
+    def test_repository_without_version(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        body = ctx.preprocess_entity({"repository": REPO_HREF}, partial=False)
+        assert body["repository"] == REPO_HREF
+        assert body["repository_version"] is None
+        assert body["publication"] is None
+
+    def test_publication_without_repository(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        body = ctx.preprocess_entity({"publication": PUBLICATION_HREF}, partial=False)
+        assert body["publication"] == PUBLICATION_HREF
+        assert body["repository"] is None
+        assert body["repository_version"] is None
+
+    def test_version_without_repository_raises(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        with pytest.raises(PulpException, match="--repository"):
+            ctx.preprocess_entity({"version": 5}, partial=False)
+
+    def test_version_without_repository_partial_raises(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        ctx._entity = {"repository": None, "repository_version": None}
+        with pytest.raises(PulpException, match="--repository"):
+            ctx.preprocess_entity({"version": 5}, partial=True)
+
+    def test_partial_version_infers_repository(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        ctx._entity = {"repository": REPO_HREF, "repository_version": None}
+        body = ctx.preprocess_entity({"version": 3}, partial=True)
+        assert body["repository_version"] == REPO_HREF + "versions/3/"
+        assert body["repository"] is None
+        assert body["publication"] is None
+
+    def test_unrelated_field_no_nullification(
+        self, modern_pulp_ctx: PulpContext, ctx_cls: type[PulpDistributionContext]
+    ) -> None:
+        ctx = ctx_cls(modern_pulp_ctx)
+        body = ctx.preprocess_entity({"base_path": "/new/path"}, partial=True)
+        assert body.get("base_path") == "/new/path"
+        assert "repository" not in body
+        assert "repository_version" not in body
+        assert "publication" not in body
diff --git a/src/pulpcore/cli/file/distribution.py b/src/pulpcore/cli/file/distribution.py
index 397dba963..6ea5724bf 100644
--- a/src/pulpcore/cli/file/distribution.py
+++ b/src/pulpcore/cli/file/distribution.py
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ def distribution() -> None:
         ),
     ),
     repository_option,
+    pulp_option(
+        "--version",
+        type=int,
+        help=_(
+            "The repository version number to distribute."
+            " When unset, the latest version of the repository will be auto-distributed."
+        ),
+        needs_plugins=[PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0")],
+    ),
     content_guard_option,
     pulp_labels_option,
     pulp_option(
diff --git a/src/pulpcore/cli/rpm/distribution.py b/src/pulpcore/cli/rpm/distribution.py
index 5d25a3d9c..0bd9fc1d3 100644
--- a/src/pulpcore/cli/rpm/distribution.py
+++ b/src/pulpcore/cli/rpm/distribution.py
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ def distribution() -> None:
         help=_("Option specifying whether ``*.repo`` files will be generated and served."),
     ),
     repository_option,
+    pulp_option(
+        "--version",
+        type=int,
+        help=_(
+            "The repository version number to distribute."
+            " When unset, the latest version of the repository will be auto-distributed."
+        ),
+        needs_plugins=[PluginRequirement("core", specifier=">=3.106.0")],
+    ),
     content_guard_option,
     pulp_labels_option,
     pulp_option(