diff --git a/jira/package_meta.py b/jira/package_meta.py
index ed85b0cb..8497151b 100644
--- a/jira/package_meta.py
+++ b/jira/package_meta.py
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ def get_git_changeset():
         return None
     return timestamp.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
 
-__version__ = get_version()
+__version__ = "v1.07-patch"
 setup_metadata['version'] = __version__
 setup_metadata['download_url'] = 'https://github.com/pycontribs/jira/archive/%s.tar.gz' % __version__