diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 09e91570..53b61ecf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.3.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codecov_cli/__init__.py b/codecov_cli/__init__.py
index 3a75112a..4596d037 100644
--- a/codecov_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/codecov_cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-from os import path
-
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
-with open(path.join(here, "..", "VERSION"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    version_number = f.readline().strip()
-
-__version__ = version_number
+__version__ = '0.3.6'