diff --git a/src/dpy_cache/__init__.py b/src/dpy_cache/__init__.py
index 75c1e48..398c174 100644
--- a/src/dpy_cache/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dpy_cache/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from .dpy_cache import (
 try:
     __version__ = version("dpy_cache")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = "0.1.2"
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
 
 __all__ = [
     "DPYCache",