diff --git a/bittensor_cli/__init__.py b/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
index 7b21ec4e..656f68a4 100644
--- a/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 from .cli import CLIManager
+from .version import __version__, __version_as_int__
 
 
-__version__ = "9.0.1"
-
-__all__ = ["CLIManager", "__version__"]
+__all__ = ["CLIManager"]
diff --git a/bittensor_cli/cli.py b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
index 35876070..2c5b7099 100755
--- a/bittensor_cli/cli.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     COLOR_PALETTE,
     HYPERPARAMS,
 )
+from bittensor_cli.version import __version__, __version_as_int__
 from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor import utils
 from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor.balances import Balance
 from async_substrate_interface.errors import SubstrateRequestException
@@ -73,21 +74,8 @@ class GitError(Exception):
         pass
 
 
-__version__ = "9.0.1"
 
 
-_core_version = re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", __version__).group(0)
-_version_split = _core_version.split(".")
-__version_info__ = tuple(int(part) for part in _version_split)
-_version_int_base = 1000
-assert max(__version_info__) < _version_int_base
-
-__version_as_int__: int = sum(
-    e * (_version_int_base**i) for i, e in enumerate(reversed(__version_info__))
-)
-assert __version_as_int__ < 2**31  # fits in int32
-__new_signature_version__ = 360
-
 _epilog = "Made with [bold red]:heart:[/bold red] by The Openτensor Foundaτion"
 
 np.set_printoptions(precision=8, suppress=True, floatmode="fixed")
diff --git a/bittensor_cli/version.py b/bittensor_cli/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b47664c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bittensor_cli/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import re
+
+def version_as_int(version):
+    _core_version = re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", version).group(0)
+    _version_split = _core_version.split(".")
+    __version_info__ = tuple(int(part) for part in _version_split)
+    _version_int_base = 1000
+    assert max(__version_info__) < _version_int_base
+
+    __version_as_int__: int = sum(
+        e * (_version_int_base**i) for i, e in enumerate(reversed(__version_info__))
+    )
+    assert __version_as_int__ < 2**31  # fits in int32
+    __new_signature_version__ = 360
+    return __version_as_int__
+
+__version__ = "9.0.0"
+__version_as_int__ = version_as_int(__version__)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9c92cda..45bfc0fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def read_requirements(path):
 
 # loading version from setup.py
 with codecs.open(
-    os.path.join(here, "bittensor_cli/cli.py"), encoding="utf-8"
+    os.path.join(here, "bittensor_cli/version.py"), encoding="utf-8"
 ) as init_file:
     version_match = re.search(
         r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", init_file.read(), re.M