diff --git a/wrappers/s2i/python/Makefile b/wrappers/s2i/python/Makefile
index 54d1ac98c0..db70f0256c 100644
--- a/wrappers/s2i/python/Makefile
+++ b/wrappers/s2i/python/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := $(shell cat ../version.txt)
+IMAGE_VERSION := $(shell cat ../../../version.txt)
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 
 PYTHON_VERSION=3.7