diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18fc41f..06bcc20 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 def get_version(filename):
     with open(filename) as fh:
-        metadata = dict(re.findall("__([a-z]+)__ = \"([^']+)\"", fh.read()))
+        metadata = dict(re.findall("__([a-z]+)__ = \"([^\"]+)\"", fh.read()))
         return metadata['version']