diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6acd91491..ce78cdb25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ scripts/ci/gcp-creds.json
 .gcp-creds.json
 
 *~
-/dvc/_version.py
+/dvc/_dvc_version.py
diff --git a/dvc/info.py b/dvc/info.py
index 06340be99..c1d05fdb0 100644
--- a/dvc/info.py
+++ b/dvc/info.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import uuid
 
 import psutil
 
+from dvc import __version__
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, NotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.fs import FS_MAP, get_fs_cls, get_fs_config
 from dvc.repo import Repo
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ from dvc.scm.base import SCMError
 from dvc.system import System
 from dvc.utils import error_link
 from dvc.utils.pkg import PKG
-from dvc.version import __version__
 
 try:
     import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
diff --git a/dvc/version.py b/dvc/version.py
index 3611fbee6..820edde88 100644
--- a/dvc/version.py
+++ b/dvc/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=unused-import
 try:
-    from ._version import version as __version__
-    from ._version import version_tuple  # noqa: F401
+    from ._dvc_version import version as __version__
+    from ._dvc_version import version_tuple  # noqa: F401
 except ImportError:
     __version__ = "UNKNOWN"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c507b8f01..b6785e142 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=48", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.3.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "dvc/_version.py"
+write_to = "dvc/_dvc_version.py"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79