diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c2b5ddb34ad70c95741d3c5cd2f35d2b7e33d21..4cd27848100eae36889f1812e25449924b5e973d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.so
 
 # Version info for PyPI
-km3noroot/version.txt
+km3io/version.txt
 
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python