diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b15219d..02f959f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 0
 MICRO = 16
-VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+VERSION = f'{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{MICRO}'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':