diff --git a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/handler.lua b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/handler.lua
index 7fe30340a177..444e3435a26d 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/handler.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/handler.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ local clone = require "table.clone"
 local otlp = require "kong.plugins.opentelemetry.otlp"
 local propagation = require "kong.tracing.propagation"
 local tracing_context = require "kong.tracing.tracing_context"
-local kong_meta = require "kong.meta"
 
 
 local ngx = ngx
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ local _log_prefix = "[otel] "
 
 
 local OpenTelemetryHandler = {
-  VERSION = kong_meta.version,
+  VERSION = "0.1.0",
   PRIORITY = 14,
 }