diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8dd31a6df1b65b4741cf70e90d685d8edeffaa45..3b75fab3973e1026307d327b1a3728dd01bb3ac1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.0-119-g835bf9a
\ No newline at end of file
+3.1.0-120-g343cb02
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 92ef412c7d1319d2aa71be809b2cd129379ae852..0e984ec44b039f41573259c6e084c09589fd7d3d 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ __status__           = "Development"
 import os
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-with open( '../../VERSION', 'r' ) as f:
+script_dir = os.path.dirname( os.path.abspath( __FILE__ ) )
+
+with open( os.path.join( script_dir, '../../VERSION'), 'r' ) as f:
     version = f.read( )
 
 try: