diff --git a/src/centpkg/__init__.py b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
index bf4e742..ca27680 100644
--- a/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from pyrpkg import Commands, rpkgError
 from centos import centos_cert
 from . import cli
 
-__version__ = '0.4.5'
 
 class DistGitDirectory(object):
 
diff --git a/src/centpkg/version.py b/src/centpkg/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68eb9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/centpkg/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.4.5'