diff --git a/packaging/build_wheel.sh b/packaging/build_wheel.sh
index 4eb6040ee..1801774b8 100755
--- a/packaging/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/packaging/build_wheel.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ setup_wheel_python() {
 
 }
 
-setup_build_version 0.0.4
+version=$(cat "version.txt")
+setup_build_version "$version"
 setup_wheel_python
 python setup.py clean
 if [[ "$(uname)" == Darwin ]]; then
@@ -64,4 +65,3 @@ else
   echo "Unsupported"
   exit 1
 fi
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 95b660ccb..28919ffd8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 def _get_version():
-    version = "0.1.0a0"
+    version = open("./version.txt").read().strip()
     sha = "Unknown"
     try:
         sha = (
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..919f951b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.5a0