diff --git a/lib/voicemeeter/version.rb b/lib/voicemeeter/version.rb
index 5e6af42..1f1151e 100644
--- a/lib/voicemeeter/version.rb
+++ b/lib/voicemeeter/version.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ module Voicemeeter
       to_a.join(".")
     end
   end
+
+  VERSION = Version.to_s
 end
diff --git a/voicemeeter.gemspec b/voicemeeter.gemspec
index 48ae205..4857f3a 100644
--- a/voicemeeter.gemspec
+++ b/voicemeeter.gemspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require File.expand_path("lib/voicemeeter/version", __dir__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name = "voicemeeter"
-  spec.version = Voicemeeter::Version
+  spec.version = Voicemeeter::VERSION
   spec.summary = "Voicemeeter API wrapper for Ruby"
   spec.description = "A Ruby wrapper around Voicemeeter Remote API"
   spec.authors = ["onyx_online"]