diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 86ef3e433..eda694f9e 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ src.proto.dir := ../proto/src
 src.proto := $(shell find $(src.proto.dir) -type f -name "*.proto")
 src.proto.v0.dir := ../proto/v0
 src.proto.v0 := $(shell find $(src.proto.v0.dir) -type f -name "*.proto")
-version := 1.6.2
+version := version := 1.6.2
 
 dist.dir := dist
 egg.dir := .eggs
diff --git a/python/docs/conf.py b/python/docs/conf.py
index bc8631b8d..962ceec7b 100644
--- a/python/docs/conf.py
+++ b/python/docs/conf.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     print("Pandoc is required to build our documentation.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "version = "1.6.2""
 
 project = "whylogs"
 author = "whylogs developers"
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index c78f07899..141e71b5d 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "whylogs-release-test"
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "version = "1.6.2""
 description = "Profile and monitor your ML data pipeline end-to-end"
 authors = ["WhyLabs.ai <support@whylabs.ai>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/python/tests/smoketest.py b/python/tests/smoketest.py
index 887964d8a..e8ed4b372 100644
--- a/python/tests/smoketest.py
+++ b/python/tests/smoketest.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 not a development environment.
 """
 
-current_version = "1.6.2"
+current_version = "current_version = "1.6.2""
 
 
 def test_package_version() -> None: