diff --git a/.drone/update-deb-packages.sh b/.drone/update-deb-packages.sh
index 74264ccb..e561dfca 100755
--- a/.drone/update-deb-packages.sh
+++ b/.drone/update-deb-packages.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ apt install -y curl dpkg-dev gpg git python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
 echo "--- Parsing metadata"
 git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD"
 git pull --rebase origin master --tags
-export VERSION=$(python3 setup.py --version)
+export VERSION=$(grep -e '^__version__' "${SRCDIR}/version.py" | sed -r -e 's/^__version__\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"$/\1/')
 export GIT_VERSION="$VERSION-$(git log --pretty=oneline HEAD...v$VERSION | wc -l)"
 export GIT_BUILD_DIR="$WORKDIR/${PKG_NAME}_${GIT_VERSION}_all"
 export GIT_DEB="$WORKDIR/${PKG_NAME}_${GIT_VERSION}_all.deb"
diff --git a/.drone/update-rpm-repo.sh b/.drone/update-rpm-repo.sh
index bf6c4938..f4f44b19 100755
--- a/.drone/update-rpm-repo.sh
+++ b/.drone/update-rpm-repo.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mkdir -p "$RPM_ROOT"
 echo "--- Parsing metadata"
 git config --global --add safe.directory $PWD
 git pull --rebase origin master --tags
-export VERSION=$(python3 setup.py --version)
+export VERSION=$(grep -e '^__version__' "${SRCDIR}/version.py" | sed -r -e 's/^__version__\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"$/\1/')
 export RELNUM="$(git log --pretty=oneline HEAD...v$VERSION | wc -l)"
 export SPECFILE="$WORKDIR/$PKG_NAME.spec"
 export BUILD_DIR="$WORKDIR/build"