diff --git a/python/__init__.py b/python/__init__.py
index ee62a437..eab3adb4 100644
--- a/python/__init__.py
+++ b/python/__init__.py
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from triton.common.backend import BaseBackend, register_backend
+from triton.common.backend import BaseBackend, compute_core_version_key, register_backend
 from triton.compiler.make_launcher import make_so_cache_key
 from triton.runtime.cache import get_cache_manager
-from triton.runtime.jit import version_key
 
 
 def _get_triton_shared_opt_path() -> str:
@@ -274,6 +273,7 @@ class TritonSharedRefCPUBackend(BaseBackend):
 
     def __init__(self, device_type: str) -> None:
         super(TritonSharedRefCPUBackend, self).__init__(device_type)
+        self.version_key
 
     def add_stages(self, arch, extern_libs, stages):
         filter_in_stages = ["ast", "ttir"]
@@ -300,7 +300,12 @@ def add_meta_info(self, ir, module, next_module, metadata, asm):
 
     def get_driver(self):
         return None
-
+    
+    def get_version_key(self):
+        if self.version_key is None:
+            self.version_key = compute_core_version_key()
+        return self.version_key
+    
     def get_stream(self, idx=None) -> int:
         # Returns int to make Triton happy.
         return 0
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ def get_architecture_descriptor(self, **kwargs):
 
     def make_launcher_stub(self, name, signature, constants, ids):
         # name of files that are cached
-        so_cache_key = make_so_cache_key(version_key(), signature, constants, ids)
+        so_cache_key = make_so_cache_key(self.version_key, signature, constants, ids)
         so_cache_manager = get_cache_manager(so_cache_key)
         so_name = f"{name}.py"
         # retrieve stub from cache if it exists