diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6076207e14..140f4db9dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PYTHONPATH: ./src
         run: |-
-          VERSION_TO_RELEASE=v$(python -c "from evidently import __version__; print(__version__)" || cat ../src/evidently/_version.py | grep "version_info = " | grep -Po "\d+" |  tr '\n' . | cut -c 1-5)
+          VERSION_TO_RELEASE=v$(python "./src/evidently/_version.py")
           if [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" != "$VERSION_TO_RELEASE" ]; then
             echo "Release triggered for tag ${{ github.ref_name }} but version.py contains $VERSION_TO_RELEASE"
             exit 1
diff --git a/src/evidently/_version.py b/src/evidently/_version.py
index 1d5558ecd0..da1167d90d 100644
--- a/src/evidently/_version.py
+++ b/src/evidently/_version.py
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 
 version_info = (0, 4, 32)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(__version__)