diff --git a/flyteidl/Makefile b/flyteidl/Makefile
index 11171b1da48..3b5c9fed464 100644
--- a/flyteidl/Makefile
+++ b/flyteidl/Makefile
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ doc_gen_deps:
 doc-requirements.txt: doc-requirements.in install-piptools
 	$(call PIP_COMPILE,doc-requirements.in)
 
-PLACEHOLDER := "__version__\ =\ \"develop\""
-PLACEHOLDER_NPM := \"version\": \"develop\"
+PLACEHOLDER := "__version__\ =\ \"0.0.0+develop\""
+PLACEHOLDER_NPM := \"version\": \"0.0.0-develop\"
 
 .PHONY: update_pyversion
 update_pyversion:
diff --git a/flyteidl/package.json b/flyteidl/package.json
index 16b232d4908..0d4709c0015 100644
--- a/flyteidl/package.json
+++ b/flyteidl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@flyteorg/flyteidl",
-  "version": "develop",
+  "version": "0.0.0-develop",
   "description": "Compiled protocol buffers and gRPC service clients/servers for Flyte IDLs",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/flyteidl/setup.py b/flyteidl/setup.py
index 0c74133d613..88f75c680ca 100644
--- a/flyteidl/setup.py
+++ b/flyteidl/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-__version__ = "develop"
+__version__ = "0.0.0+develop"
 
 setup(
     name='flyteidl',