diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 23ac668..bd0c88e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 
 about = {}
-with open(here.joinpath('uttut', '__version__.py'), 'r') as filep:
+with here.joinpath('uttut', '__version__.py').open('r') as filep:
     exec(filep.read(), about)
 
 setup(