diff --git a/mypackage/__init__.py b/mypackage/__init__.py
index e7ebf36..a21f065 100644
--- a/mypackage/__init__.py
+++ b/mypackage/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-from .__version__ import VERSION
+from ._version import VERSION
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
 
 from .core import *
diff --git a/mypackage/__version__.py b/mypackage/_version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from mypackage/__version__.py
rename to mypackage/_version.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 702b973..4b2ffb8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ try:
 except FileNotFoundError:
     long_description = DESCRIPTION
 
-# Load the package's __version__.py module as a dictionary.
+# Load the package's _version.py module as a dictionary.
 about = {}
 if not VERSION:
-    with open(os.path.join(here, NAME, '__version__.py')) as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(here, NAME, '_version.py')) as f:
         exec(f.read(), about)
         about['__version__'] = '.'.join(map(str, about['VERSION']))
 else: