diff --git a/pyproject.toml_beta b/pyproject.toml_beta
index f2fcb2c1..dc57fb6e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml_beta
+++ b/pyproject.toml_beta
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/I2PC/scipion-em-xmipp"
 Issues = "https://github.com/I2PC/scipion-em-xmipp/issues"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "xmipp3.version.__version__"}
+version = {attr = "xmipp3.version.__version__[3:]"}
 
 
 [project.entry-points."pyworkflow.plugin"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f6a9939..5e556566 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     # For a discussion on single-sourcing the version across setup.py and the
     # project code, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-    version=__version__,  # Required
+    version=__version__[3:],  # Remove the "3" from the number version
 
     # This is a one-line description or tagline of what your project does. This
     # corresponds to the "Summary" metadata field: