diff --git a/Utilities/pythontools/py_spec/__init__.py b/Utilities/pythontools/py_spec/__init__.py
index 96905436..412e22fa 100644
--- a/Utilities/pythontools/py_spec/__init__.py
+++ b/Utilities/pythontools/py_spec/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     # Running on pre-3.8 Python; use importlib-metadata package
     import importlib_metadata as metadata
 
-__version__ = metadata.version('py_spec')
+__version__ = metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
 
 from .ci import test
 from .input.spec_namelist import SPECNamelist