diff --git a/src/opentelemetry.ml b/src/opentelemetry.ml
index bfd9c4b4..42991951 100644
--- a/src/opentelemetry.ml
+++ b/src/opentelemetry.ml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ module Globals = struct
 
   let instrumentation_library =
     default_instrumentation_library
-      ~version:"%%VERSION%%"
+      ~version:"0.1"
       ~name:"ocaml-opentelemetry" ()
 
   (** Global attributes, initially set