diff --git a/python/raft-ann-bench/pyproject.toml b/python/raft-ann-bench/pyproject.toml
index 1348343db3..9bb7ae0468 100644
--- a/python/raft-ann-bench/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/raft-ann-bench/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/rapidsai/raft"
 where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"*" = ["*.*"]
+"*" = ["*.*", "VERSION"]
 
 [tool.isort]
 line_length = 79