diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 63b039e..488a58b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import os.path
 
 import setuptools
 
-from sprockets.mixins.avro_publisher import __version__
-
 
 def read_requirements(name):
     requirements = []
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ def read_requirements(name):
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='sprockets.mixins.avro-publisher',
-    version=__version__,
+    version='3.0.0',
     description='Mixin for publishing events to RabbitMQ as avro datums',
     long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
     url='https://github.com/sprockets/sprockets.mixins.avro-publisher',