diff --git a/src/interfaces/python/pgmodule.c b/src/interfaces/python/pgmodule.c
index 254fb1e7981a23c9e288dd366e2f3bd6cebeb5e9..375cb266584284c499f6781c1acdd5e49a4dfe4e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/python/pgmodule.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/python/pgmodule.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define CASHOID		790
 
 static PyObject *PGError;
-static const char *PyPgVersion = "3.0 beta";
+static const char *PyPgVersion = "2.4";
 
 /* taken from fileobject.c */
 #define BUF(v) PyString_AS_STRING((PyStringObject *)(v))