diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 46eb814..bfe7803 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open('.version', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     version = f.read()[1:]  # Omit 'v'
 
 setuptools.setup(