diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d1b528bb4bb..8f455ca96b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,8 +31,23 @@
   sys.argv.remove('--nightly')
 
 project_name = 'tensorflow-examples'
-# Get the current commit hash
-version = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).decode('utf-8')
+# Get the current commit hash and timestamp
+# The timestamp is used so that newer commits have a higher version number
+# The hash is used so that the specific commit can be identified
+# The hash integer can be converted back to the hash string with:
+# '%032x' % commit_hash_int
+commit_hash_int = int(
+    subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
+    .decode('utf-8')
+    .strip(),
+    16,
+)
+commit_timestamp = (
+    subprocess.check_output(['git', 'show', '-s', '--format=%ct', 'HEAD'])
+    .decode('utf-8')
+    .strip()
+)
+version = f'0.{commit_timestamp}.{commit_hash_int}'
 
 if nightly:
   project_name = 'tensorflow-examples-nightly'