diff --git a/conf/redis-shake.conf b/conf/redis-shake.conf
index bdaa0ac..08b30dc 100644
--- a/conf/redis-shake.conf
+++ b/conf/redis-shake.conf
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ target.tls_enable = false
 # 如果是decode或者dump，这个参数表示输出的rdb前缀，比如输入有3个db，那么dump分别是:
 # ${output_rdb}.0, ${output_rdb}.1, ${output_rdb}.2
 target.rdb.output = local_dump
+# some redis proxy like twemproxy doesn't support to fetch version, so please set it here.
+# e.g., target.version = 4.0
+target.version =
 
 # use for expire key, set the time gap when source and target timestamp are not the same.
 # 用于处理过期的键值，当迁移两端不一致的时候，目的端需要加上这个值
diff --git a/src/redis-shake/configure/configure.go b/src/redis-shake/configure/configure.go
index 2c9e15a..5a8cc85 100644
--- a/src/redis-shake/configure/configure.go
+++ b/src/redis-shake/configure/configure.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	SourceAddress             string   `config:"source.address"`
 	SourcePasswordRaw         string   `config:"source.password_raw"`
 	SourcePasswordEncoding    string   `config:"source.password_encoding"`
-	SourceVersion             uint     `config:"source.version"`
 	SourceAuthType            string   `config:"source.auth_type"`
 	SourceTLSEnable           bool     `config:"source.tls_enable"`
 	SourceRdbInput            []string `config:"source.rdb.input"`
@@ -24,12 +23,12 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	TargetAddress             string   `config:"target.address"`
 	TargetPasswordRaw         string   `config:"target.password_raw"`
 	TargetPasswordEncoding    string   `config:"target.password_encoding"`
-	TargetVersion             uint     `config:"target.version"`
 	TargetDBString            string   `config:"target.db"`
 	TargetAuthType            string   `config:"target.auth_type"`
 	TargetType                string   `config:"target.type"`
 	TargetTLSEnable           bool     `config:"target.tls_enable"`
 	TargetRdbOutput           string   `config:"target.rdb.output"`
+	TargetVersion             string   `config:"target.version"`
 	FakeTime                  string   `config:"fake_time"`
 	Rewrite                   bool     `config:"rewrite"`
 	FilterDBWhitelist         []string `config:"filter.db.whitelist"`
@@ -67,15 +66,14 @@ type Configuration struct {
 
 	/*---------------------------------------------------------*/
 	// generated variables
-	SourceAddressList  []string      // source address list
-	TargetAddressList  []string      // target address list
-	HeartbeatIp        string        // heartbeat ip
-	ShiftTime          time.Duration // shift
-	TargetRedisVersion string        // to_redis_version
-	TargetReplace      bool          // to_replace
-	TargetDB           int           // int type
-	Version            string        // version
-	Type               string        // input mode -type=xxx
+	SourceAddressList []string      // source address list
+	TargetAddressList []string      // target address list
+	HeartbeatIp       string        // heartbeat ip
+	ShiftTime         time.Duration // shift
+	TargetReplace     bool          // to_replace
+	TargetDB          int           // int type
+	Version           string        // version
+	Type              string        // input mode -type=xxx
 }
 
 var Options Configuration
diff --git a/src/redis-shake/main/main.go b/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
index 89fcb72..d0a3824 100644
--- a/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
+++ b/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
@@ -409,21 +409,24 @@ func sanitizeOptions(tp string) error {
 	}
 
 	if tp == conf.TypeRestore || tp == conf.TypeSync || tp == conf.TypeRump {
-		// get target redis version and set TargetReplace.
-		for _, address := range conf.Options.TargetAddressList {
-			// single connection even if the target is cluster
-			if v, err := utils.GetRedisVersion(address, conf.Options.TargetAuthType,
-				conf.Options.TargetPasswordRaw, conf.Options.TargetTLSEnable); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("get target redis version failed[%v]", err)
-			} else if conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion != "" && conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion != v {
-				return fmt.Errorf("target redis version is different: [%v %v]", conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion, v)
-			} else {
-				conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion = v
+		if conf.Options.TargetVersion == "" {
+			// get target redis version and set TargetReplace.
+			for _, address := range conf.Options.TargetAddressList {
+				// single connection even if the target is cluster
+				if v, err := utils.GetRedisVersion(address, conf.Options.TargetAuthType,
+					conf.Options.TargetPasswordRaw, conf.Options.TargetTLSEnable); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("get target redis version failed[%v]", err)
+				} else if conf.Options.TargetVersion != "" && conf.Options.TargetVersion != v {
+					return fmt.Errorf("target redis version is different: [%v %v]", conf.Options.TargetVersion, v)
+				} else {
+					conf.Options.TargetVersion = v
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion, "4.") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion, "3.") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetRedisVersion, "5.") {
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetVersion, "4.") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetVersion, "3.") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(conf.Options.TargetVersion, "5.") {
 			conf.Options.TargetReplace = true
 		} else {
 			conf.Options.TargetReplace = false