diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 89ff0213..40a43a02 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-from nsupdate import version as nsupdate_version
+from nsupdate import version_tuple as nsupdate_version
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '%d.%d' % nsupdate_version[:2]
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
diff --git a/src/nsupdate/__init__.py b/src/nsupdate/__init__.py
index 1e6875bd..9c32be63 100644
--- a/src/nsupdate/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nsupdate/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from ._version import version
+from ._version import version, version_tuple
 
 
 class Version(tuple):  # pragma: no cover