diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
index 52740b2..3c3942a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             | sed 's#[^a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-]#_#g'` 
           echo "tag version = $VERSION_TAG"
 
-          VERSION_FILE=$(echo 'import version; print(version.VERSION)' | python -)
+          VERSION_FILE=$(cat VERSION)
           echo "file version = $VERSION_FILE"
 
           if [ "$VERSION_TAG" != "$VERSION_FILE" ]; then
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c7fafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.1.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c6f230..8e3934d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
-from version import VERSION
 
 with open('requirements.txt') as f:
     required = f.read().splitlines()
 
+with open("VERSION", "r") as file:
+    version = file.readline()
+
 setup(
     name='moira-python-client',
-    version=VERSION,
+    version=version,
     description='Client for Moira - Alerting system based on Graphite data',
     keywords='moira monitoring client metrics alerting',
     long_description="""
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c37f6..0000000
--- a/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION='4.1.2'
\ No newline at end of file