diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1769fd0..7f42a04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build/
 .cache/*
 .fliesrc
 *~
-VERSION-FILE
 dist/
 *.egg-info/
 .idea/
diff --git a/zanataclient/VERSION-FILE b/zanataclient/VERSION-FILE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef64bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zanataclient/VERSION-FILE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version: 1.5.0