diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e4d260fa02..0aa7c248d3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-__version__ = None
-with open('twilio/__init__.py') as f:
-    exec(f.read())
-
 with open('README.md') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
@@ -17,7 +13,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="twilio",
-    version=__version__,
+    version="6.52.0",
     description="Twilio API client and TwiML generator",
     author="Twilio",
     author_email="help@twilio.com",