···11+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
22+index 9a2abe0..75ce109 100644
33+--- a/setup.py
44++++ b/setup.py
55+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
66+77+ # determine the version, then write it out into the bridge.py file
88+ version = (
99+- subprocess.check_output("git describe --tags", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
1010++ "@version@"
1111+ )
1212+ # check if this is a non-tag release and remark it as a dev release
1313+ if "-" in version:
···11+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
22+index 079cb01..c5e71b8 100644
33+--- a/setup.py
44++++ b/setup.py
55+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
66+ long_description = fh.read()
77+88+ # determine the version, then write it out into the bridge.py file
99+-version = subprocess.check_output("git describe --tags", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
1010++version = "@version@"
1111+ # check if this is a non-tag release and remark it as a dev release
1212+ if "-" in version:
1313+ ver, commits, hash = version.split("-")