diff --git a/src/objects/conf/production.py b/src/objects/conf/production.py
index 004fbe7d..8b9e0d3c 100644
--- a/src/objects/conf/production.py
+++ b/src/objects/conf/production.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import os
-from .api import API_VERSION
 
 os.environ.setdefault("ENVIRONMENT", "production")
-os.environ.setdefault("RELEASE", API_VERSION)
 
 from .base import *  # noqa isort:skip
 
+os.environ.setdefault("RELEASE", API_VERSION)
 #
 # Standard Django settings.
 #