diff --git a/lib/lichess_bot.py b/lib/lichess_bot.py
index ebc0de6f7..9ef2b129f 100644
--- a/lib/lichess_bot.py
+++ b/lib/lichess_bot.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class VersioningType(TypedDict):
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-with open("lib/versioning.yml") as version_file:
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "versioning.yml")) as version_file:
     versioning_info: VersioningType = yaml.safe_load(version_file)
 
 __version__ = versioning_info["lichess_bot_version"]