gulp treats flags after -- as task names

What actually happened?

>gulp default -- --version
[10:20:19] Using gulpfile [...]\gulpfile.js
[10:20:19] Task never defined: --version
[10:20:19] To list available tasks, try running: gulp --tasks

What were you expecting to happen? Gulp should ignore all cli arguments after --

Please post a sample of your gulpfile (preferably reduced to just the bit that's not working) N/A

What version of gulp are you using?

CLI version: 2.2.0 Local version: 4.0.2

What versions of npm and node are you using? npm 6.2.0 node 10.9.0