diff --git a/src/codeflare_sdk/__init__.py b/src/codeflare_sdk/__init__.py
index fbfb7bf70..358ff4f2e 100644
--- a/src/codeflare_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/src/codeflare_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 try:
-    __version__ = version(
-        "codeflare-sdk"
-    )  # Update with latest version with each release
+    __version__ = version("codeflare-sdk")  # use metadata associated with built package
 
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = "unknown"
+    __version__ = "v0.0.0"