diff --git a/PEP440.txt b/PEP440.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3fdfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PEP440.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6.8.30
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 1fc649e..c3fdfc0 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.8.26
\ No newline at end of file
+6.8.30
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89d4032..5c18cf6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def read_file(path):
 
 setup(
     name='python-scripttease',
-    version=read_file("VERSION.txt"),
+    version=read_file("PEP440.txt"),
     description=read_file("DESCRIPTION.txt"),
     long_description=read_file("README.markdown"),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",