diff --git a/scrapyd/__main__.py b/scrapyd/__main__.py
index 4f846b06..3cee19b9 100755
--- a/scrapyd/__main__.py
+++ b/scrapyd/__main__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def getUsage(self, width=None):
 
 def main():
     if len(sys.argv) > 1 and '-v' in sys.argv[1:] or '--version' in sys.argv[1:]:
-        __version__ = pkgutil.get_data(__package__, '../VERSION').decode('ascii').strip()
+        __version__ = pkgutil.get_data(__package__, 'VERSION').decode('ascii').strip()
         print(f'Scrapyd {__version__}')
     else:
         sys.argv[1:1] = ['-n', '-y', join(dirname(scrapyd.__file__), 'txapp.py')]