1diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
2index 9a2abe0..75ce109 100644
3--- a/setup.py
4+++ b/setup.py
5@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
6
7 # determine the version, then write it out into the bridge.py file
8 version = (
9- subprocess.check_output("git describe --tags", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
10+ "@version@"
11 )
12 # check if this is a non-tag release and remark it as a dev release
13 if "-" in version: