diff --git a/lib/docker/version.rb b/lib/docker/version.rb
index 4498dbdb..70fd25ef 100644
--- a/lib/docker/version.rb
+++ b/lib/docker/version.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   # Override API_VERSION constant in docker-api gem to use version 1.24 of the Docker API
   # This override is for the docker-api gem to communicate to the Docker engine on Windows
   module Docker
+    VERSION = '0.0.0'
     API_VERSION = '1.24'
   end
 rescue LoadError => e