diff --git a/locust/__init__.py b/locust/__init__.py
index b5c69c81e1..3b418f9f1d 100644
--- a/locust/__init__.py
+++ b/locust/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
         urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool.QueueCls = queue.LifoQueue
         # https://github.com/locustio/locust/issues/2812
 
-from ._version import version as __version__
+#from ._version import version as __version__
+__version__ = '2.31.5'
 from .contrib.fasthttp import FastHttpUser
 from .debug import run_single_user
 from .event import Events