diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20c081f8d4173b4130aaf65519c9a50462c46594..89e665f7b0d3d81a258bf076b02d630de6a9a65c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ setup(
         url='https://www.shore.co.il/git/ansible-pre-commit',
         author='Nimrod Adar',
         author_email='nimrod@shore.co.il',
-        version=open('VERSION', 'r').read(),
+        version=open('VERSION', 'r').read().strip(),
         install_requires=['ansible==2.2.1.0'],
 )