diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-pypi.yml
index 6261ff9d3..726cf1e41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-pypi.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           CHTTS_VER: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           echo "Release Tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          sed -i 's/v0.0.0/${{ github.ref_name }}/g' setup.py
           python setup.py sdist
 
       - name: Upload Package
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76b728967..4af225686 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+version = "v0.0.0"
+
 setup(
     name="chattts",
-    version=os.environ.get("CHTTS_VER", "v0.0.0").lstrip("v"),
+    version=os.environ.get("CHTTS_VER", version).lstrip("v"),
     description="A generative speech model for daily dialogue",
     long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",