diff --git a/src/grip/version.cr b/src/grip/version.cr
index d1e8ff7..6cbb136 100644
--- a/src/grip/version.cr
+++ b/src/grip/version.cr
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Grip
-  VERSION = {{ `shards version #{__DIR__}`.chomp.stringify }}
+  VERSION = {{ `shards version "#{__DIR__}"`.chomp.stringify }}
 end