diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a79501b..e081a5e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_version():
 
 setup(
     name = "django-jsonfield",
-    version = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'jsonfield', 'VERSION')).read().strip(),
+    version = get_version(),
     description = "JSONField for django models",
     long_description = open("README.rst").read(),
     url = "http://bitbucket.org/schinckel/django-jsonfield/",