diff --git a/src/client/activation/jedi/manager.ts b/src/client/activation/jedi/manager.ts
index 1b00061b6f82..0238fa5d1d76 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/jedi/manager.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/jedi/manager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import '../../common/extensions';
 import { inject, injectable, named } from 'inversify';
 
 import { ICommandManager } from '../../common/application/types';
-import { traceDecorators } from '../../common/logger';
+import { traceDecorators, traceVerbose } from '../../common/logger';
 import { IDisposable, Resource } from '../../common/types';
 import { debounceSync } from '../../common/utils/decorators';
 import { EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR } from '../../constants';
@@ -80,16 +80,22 @@ export class JediLanguageServerManager implements ILanguageServerManager {
         this.interpreter = interpreter;
         this.analysisOptions.onDidChange(this.restartLanguageServerDebounced, this, this.disposables);
 
-        // Version is actually hardcoded in our requirements.txt.
-        const requirementsTxt = await fs.readFile(path.join(EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR, 'requirements.txt'), 'utf-8');
-
-        // Search using a regex in the text
-        const match = /jedi-language-server==([0-9\.]*)/.exec(requirementsTxt);
-        if (match && match.length > 1) {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-            this.lsVersion = match[1];
-        } else {
-            this.lsVersion = '0.19.3';
+        try {
+            // Version is actually hardcoded in our requirements.txt.
+            const requirementsTxt = await fs.readFile(
+                path.join(EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR, 'jedils_requirements.txt'),
+                'utf-8',
+            );
+
+            // Search using a regex in the text
+            const match = /jedi-language-server==([0-9\.]*)/.exec(requirementsTxt);
+            if (match && match.length === 2) {
+                [, this.lsVersion] = match;
+            }
+        } catch (ex) {
+            // Getting version here is best effort and does not affect how LS works and
+            // failing to get version should not stop LS from working.
+            traceVerbose('Failed to get jedi-language-server version: ', ex);
         }
 
         await this.analysisOptions.initialize(resource, interpreter);