diff --git a/fbgemm_gpu/setup.py b/fbgemm_gpu/setup.py
index 6d790ff8b..a4e7571cb 100644
--- a/fbgemm_gpu/setup.py
+++ b/fbgemm_gpu/setup.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def generate_package_version(cls, package_name: str, variant_version: str):
             # Remove the local version identifier, if any (e.g. 0.4.0rc0.post0+git.6a63116c.dirty => 0.4.0rc0.post0)
             # Then remove post0 (keep postN for N > 0) (e.g. 0.4.0rc0.post0 => 0.4.0rc0)
             version = re.sub(".post0$", "", gitversion.version_from_git().split("+")[0])
-        version = 0.6.0
+        version = "0.6.0"
         version = str(version) + variant_version
         print(f"[SETUP.PY] Setting the full package version string: {version}")
         return version