From 292c3a6aa44442c2173cb12d204c4e1cbe92dcae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SessionIssue <118734962+SessionIssue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 15:31:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update __init__ for issue 2215

Fallback for issue https://github.com/redis/redis-py/issues/2215
---
 redis/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 6503ac30b4..df4271ce36 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def int_or_str(value):
     __version__ = "99.99.99"
 
 
-VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
+try:
+    VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
+except ValueError:
+    VERSION = tuple(99, 99, 99)
 
 __all__ = [
     "AuthenticationError",