diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45ef7b7..4603ed7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: test install build deploy
 
 deploy:
-	$(eval VERSION := $(shell cat lib/version.rb | grep 'LATEST = ' | cut -d\' -f2))
+	$(eval VERSION := $(shell cat lib/codecov.rb | grep 'VERSION = ' | cut -d\' -f2))
 	git tag v$(VERSION) -m ""
 	git push origin v$(VERSION)
 	gem build codecov.gemspec
diff --git a/codecov.gemspec b/codecov.gemspec
index 389ea2a..3524f6d 100644
--- a/codecov.gemspec
+++ b/codecov.gemspec
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-lib = File.expand_path('lib', __dir__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require 'version'
-
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name               = 'codecov'
-  s.version            = Version::LATEST
+  s.version            = '0.2.4'
   s.platform           = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.authors            = ['codecov']
   s.email              = ['hello@codecov.io']
diff --git a/lib/codecov.rb b/lib/codecov.rb
index 9aec180..3f06519 100644
--- a/lib/codecov.rb
+++ b/lib/codecov.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 require 'colorize'
 require 'zlib'
 
-require 'version'
-
 class SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
+  VERSION = '0.2.4'
+
   ### CIs
   RECOGNIZED_CIS = [
     APPVEYOR = 'Appveyor CI',
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def display_header
       '| |    / _ \ / _\`|/ _ \/ __/ _ \ \ / /',
       '| |___| (_) | (_| |  __/ (_| (_) \ V /',
       ' \_____\___/ \__,_|\___|\___\___/ \_/',
-      "                               Ruby-#{Version::LATEST}",
+      "                               Ruby-#{VERSION}",
       ''
     ].join("\n")
   end
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def build_params(ci)
     params = {
       'token' => ENV['CODECOV_TOKEN'],
       'flags' => ENV['CODECOV_FLAG'] || ENV['CODECOV_FLAGS'],
-      'package' => "ruby-#{Version::LATEST}"
+      'package' => "ruby-#{VERSION}"
     }
 
     case ci
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def retry_request(req, https)
   def create_report(report)
     result = {
       'meta' => {
-        'version' => 'codecov-ruby/v' + Version::LATEST 
+        'version' => 'codecov-ruby/v' + VERSION
       }
     }
     result.update(result_to_codecov(report))
diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c420d41..0000000
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-class Version
-  LATEST = '0.2.4'
-end
diff --git a/test/test_codecov.rb b/test/test_codecov.rb
index e2d6d61..0107732 100644
--- a/test/test_codecov.rb
+++ b/test/test_codecov.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def url
 
   def test_defined
     assert defined?(SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov)
-    assert defined?(Version::LATEST)
+    assert defined?(SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov::VERSION)
   end
 
   def stub_file(filename, coverage)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def success_stubs
   def assert_successful_upload(data)
     assert_equal(data['result']['uploaded'], true)
     assert_equal(data['result']['message'], 'Coverage reports upload successfully')
-    assert_equal(data['meta']['version'], 'codecov-ruby/v' + Version::LATEST)
+    assert_equal(data['meta']['version'], 'codecov-ruby/v' + SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov::VERSION)
     assert_equal(data['coverage'].to_json, {
       'lib/something.rb' => [nil, 1, 0, 0, nil, 1, nil],
       'lib/somefile.rb' => [nil, 1, nil, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, nil, 1, nil]