diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7356d0280033a6aebc494078a5f0f486efa1c3b0..9afa54e67d3fd5d7c70e079612ce19d508d79c78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -193,5 +193,3 @@ TAGS
 
 # bazel symlinks
 bazel-*
-
-torch_npu/version.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f2f95419985cb6b9d775e13ed8ed87fb21174c6..431268ce49304d07df8a3e2fe234e2f30d83af6b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages, distutils, Extension
 
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-VERSION = '1.8.1-rc1'
+VERSION = '1.8.1rc1'
 
 
 def _get_build_mode():
diff --git a/torch_npu/__init__.py b/torch_npu/__init__.py
index 8a9fa1cc128ddd0a39b285eb485834e4dc83f649..cedd54404fc7b8ddf019ccc4259a5594e2b8dc4b 100644
--- a/torch_npu/__init__.py
+++ b/torch_npu/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import torch_npu.npu.amp
 import torch_npu.distributed
 import torch_npu._C
 
+from .version import __version__ as __version__
 
 __all__ = []
 
diff --git a/torch_npu/version.py b/torch_npu/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..32fb6cf7bf30cc67a5bf6bef7b2f2d33d6901856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch_npu/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "1.8.1rc1"