diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 672d7b78..5f06b301 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import setuptools
 
-try:
-    from ydb_version import VERSION
-except ImportError:
-    VERSION = "0.0.1-dev"
-
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="ydb",
-    version=VERSION,
+    version="2.3.1",
     description="YDB Python library",
     author="Yandex LLC",
     author_email="ydb@yandex-team.ru",
diff --git a/ydb/ydb_version.py b/ydb/ydb_version.py
index 707faadc..cbfab60f 100644
--- a/ydb/ydb_version.py
+++ b/ydb/ydb_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "2.3.0"
+VERSION = "2.3.1"
diff --git a/ydb_version.py b/ydb_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 707faadc..00000000
--- a/ydb_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION = "2.3.0"