diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c3a5fdb..bb7e571 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - stage: pypi release
       script:
         - echo "Deploying to PyPI ..."
+        - python freeze_git_tag.py --silent
       deploy:  # deploy (on tag) to PyPI
         provider: pypi
         username: __token__
diff --git a/freeze_git_tag.py b/freeze_git_tag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ba34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freeze_git_tag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import re
+import sys
+import signal
+import subprocess
+
+
+def signal_handler(_, __):
+    print('\n----------------------------------------------')
+    print('Exiting. No tag will be written to setup.py')
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+
+    git_tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags']).strip().decode('utf-8')
+    pattern = re.compile(r"CURRENT_GIT_TAG = '(v[1-9.]+)'")
+
+    if '--silent' not in sys.argv:
+        print('----------------------------------------------')
+        print(f'Tag {git_tag} will be written to setup.py')
+        input('Press ENTER to continue or Ctrl+C to stop...')
+        print('----------------------------------------------')
+
+    with open('setup.py', 'r+') as f:
+        old_contents = f.read()
+        try:
+            f.seek(0)
+            new_contents = re.sub(pattern, f"CURRENT_GIT_TAG = '{git_tag}'", old_contents)
+            f.write(new_contents)
+            f.truncate()
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            f.write(old_contents)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92497c1..c993ac3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import datetime
-import subprocess
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as readme_file:
@@ -9,12 +8,12 @@
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path
 os.chdir(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), os.pardir)))
 
-git_tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags']).strip().decode('utf-8')
+CURRENT_GIT_TAG = 'v2.2.0'
 year = datetime.datetime.now().year
 
 setup(
     name='django-minio-backend',
-    version=git_tag,
+    version=CURRENT_GIT_TAG,
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     license=f'MIT License | Copyright (c) {year} Kristof Daja',