diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-gpu.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-gpu.yml
index e0f80512b..67cbec8b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-gpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-gpu.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             mv pyproject.toml pyproject.toml.orig
             sed "s/ezkl/ezkl-gpu/" pyproject.toml.orig >pyproject.toml
+            sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" pyproject.toml.orig >pyproject.toml
 
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index fe9168f09..7806e8342 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.12
           architecture: x64
 
+      - name: Set pyproject.toml version to match github tag
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          mv pyproject.toml pyproject.toml.orig
+          sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" pyproject.toml.orig >pyproject.toml
+
       - name: Set Cargo.toml version to match github tag
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -242,7 +250,6 @@ jobs:
           sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" Cargo.toml.orig >Cargo.toml
           mv Cargo.lock Cargo.lock.orig
           sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" Cargo.lock.orig >Cargo.lock
-
       - name: Install required libraries
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b880c3ece..0e96d41c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ asyncio_mode = "auto"
 
 [project]
 name = "ezkl"
+version = "0.0.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Rust",