diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b00569153..5612cbf05 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+0.8.10 (2019-01-08)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Revert use of expanded package directory for default.docx to work around setup.py
+  problem with filenames containing square brackets.
+
+
 0.8.9 (2019-01-08)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/docx/__init__.py b/docx/__init__.py
index 33e15e31a..4dae2946b 100644
--- a/docx/__init__.py
+++ b/docx/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from docx.api import Document  # noqa
 
-__version__ = '0.8.9'
+__version__ = '0.8.10'
 
 
 # register custom Part classes with opc package reader
diff --git a/docx/api.py b/docx/api.py
index 9a2215d7a..63e18c406 100644
--- a/docx/api.py
+++ b/docx/api.py
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ def _default_docx_path():
     Return the path to the built-in default .docx package.
     """
     _thisdir = os.path.split(__file__)[0]
-    return os.path.join(_thisdir, 'templates', 'default-docx-template')
+    return os.path.join(_thisdir, 'templates', 'default.docx')
diff --git a/docx/templates/default.docx b/docx/templates/default.docx
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index 000000000..c22ff3620
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