diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7dff5b8921122a487162febe3c8e32effb7acb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.2.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bdec6dae012efa6246e7dd6f9d39092b274412cc..c2e99c7663b85bb58277765ab2279b5acc70f766 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='unshare',
-    version='0.2.0',
+    version=open('VERSION', 'r').read(),
     description='Pure Python Linux namespace management.',
     long_description=open('README.rst', 'r').read(),
     url='https://www.shore.co.il/git/python-unshare',