diff --git a/__tests__/tools.test.ts b/__tests__/tools.test.ts
index 408e3bdd9..28b98f444 100644
--- a/__tests__/tools.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/tools.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fs = require('fs');
 import * as tools from '../src/tools';
 
 interface IData {
@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@ describe('Tools tests', () => {
     ${'latest'} | ${'darwin'}  | ${'releases/latest/download/castor.darwin-amd64.phar'}
     ${'0.5.1'}  | ${'darwin'}  | ${'releases/download/v0.5.1/castor.darwin-amd64.phar'}
     ${'latest'} | ${'win32'}   | ${'releases/latest/download/castor.windows-amd64.phar'}
-    ${'0.5.1'}  | ${'win32'}   | ${'releases/download/v0.5.1/castor.windows-amd64.phar'}
+    ${'0.5.1'}  | ${'win32'}   | ${'releases/download/v0.5.1/castor.windows-amd64.phar castor -V'}
     ${'latest'} | ${'openbsd'} | ${'Platform openbsd is not supported'}
   `('checking addCastor: $version, $os', async ({version, os, uri}) => {
     const data = getData({
@@ -543,7 +544,13 @@ describe('Tools tests', () => {
       version: version,
       os: os
     });
-    expect(await tools.addCastor(data)).toContain(uri);
+    if (os === 'win32' && version === '0.5.1') {
+      fs.writeFileSync('castor.php', '');
+      expect(await tools.addCastor(data)).toContain(uri);
+      fs.unlinkSync('castor.php');
+    } else {
+      expect(await tools.addCastor(data)).toContain(uri);
+    }
   });
 
   it.each`
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 1a18d3891..5e2ea6ea7 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -841,6 +841,9 @@ async function addCastor(data) {
     data['tool'] = 'castor.' + data['os'].replace('win32', 'windows') + '-amd64';
     data['url'] = await getUrl(data);
     data['tool'] = 'castor';
+    data['version_parameter'] = fs_1.default.existsSync('castor.php')
+        ? data['version_parameter']
+        : '';
     return await addArchive(data);
 }
 exports.addCastor = addCastor;
diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1 b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
index 0ea824304..8a79a04ac 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Function Get-ToolVersion() {
   Param (
     [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
     $tool,
-    [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
+    [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $false)]
     $param
   )
   $alp = "[a-zA-Z0-9\.]"
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ Function Get-ToolVersion() {
     Set-Variable -Name 'composer_version' -Value $composer_version -Scope Global
     return "$composer_version"
   }
-  return . $tool $param 2> $null | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "composer $version_regex", '' } | Select-String -Pattern $version_regex | Select-Object -First 1 | ForEach-Object { $_.matches.Value }
+  if($null -ne $param) {
+    return . $tool $param 2> $null | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "composer $version_regex", '' } | Select-String -Pattern $version_regex | Select-Object -First 1 | ForEach-Object { $_.matches.Value }
+  }
 }
 
 # Helper function to configure tools.
@@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ Function Add-Tool() {
     [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
     [ValidateNotNull()]
     $tool,
-    [Parameter(Position = 2, Mandatory = $true)]
-    [ValidateNotNull()]
+    [Parameter(Position = 2, Mandatory = $false)]
     $ver_param
   )
   if (Test-Path $bin_dir\$tool) {
diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
index 09445ed72..0530533c4 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ get_tool_version() {
       composer_version="$(grep -Ea "const\sVERSION" "$tool_path_dir/composer" | grep -Eo "$version_regex")"
     fi
     echo "$composer_version" | sudo tee /tmp/composer_version
-  else
+  elif [ -n "$param" ]; then
     $tool "$param" 2>/dev/null | sed -Ee "s/[Cc]omposer(.)?$version_regex//g" | grep -Eo "$version_regex" | head -n 1
   fi
 }
diff --git a/src/tools.ts b/src/tools.ts
index eed82704b..dc4cad4c1 100644
--- a/src/tools.ts
+++ b/src/tools.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ export async function addCastor(data: RS): Promise<string> {
   data['tool'] = 'castor.' + data['os'].replace('win32', 'windows') + '-amd64';
   data['url'] = await getUrl(data);
   data['tool'] = 'castor';
+  data['version_parameter'] = fs.existsSync('castor.php')
+    ? data['version_parameter']
+    : '';
   return await addArchive(data);
 }