diff --git a/bin/write_version_file.py b/bin/write_version_file.py
index b0446168..ab178a2f 100644
--- a/bin/write_version_file.py
+++ b/bin/write_version_file.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def write_version_file(version_file_path: pathlib.Path, version: str) -> None:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     root = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve()
     pyproject_toml = root / "pyproject.toml"
-    version_file = "src" / "pyqasm" / "_version.py"
+    version_file = root / "src" / "pyqasm" / "_version.py"
 
     version_str = get_version_from_pyproject(pyproject_toml)
     write_version_file(version_file, version_str)