diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index dde7981b..631fef3c 100644
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ update-versions:
 	sed -i -e "s/^__VERSION__[[:blank:]]*=.*$$/__VERSION__ = \'${VERSION}\'/" \
 	    -e "s/^SOVERSION[[:blank:]]*=.*$$/SOVERSION = \'${LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR}\'/" \
 	    ${PV_FILE}
-	cp version bindings/python-cffi
+	cp version.txt bindings/python-cffi
 
 # We invoke make recursively only to force ordering of our phony
 # targets in the case of parallel invocation of make (-j).