diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a625801..ee0f839 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version from setup.py
         id: extract_version
         run: |
-          version=$(python -c "exec(open('setup.py').read()); print(__version__)")
+          version=$(python setup.py --version)
           echo "VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       # Log the extracted version