diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index 74b14abed..52bee7c9e 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ version_cpp=${version%a*}
 commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 echo "${version}" > VERSION
+echo "${version_cpp}" > "${package_dir}/VERSION"
 echo "${version_cpp}" > VERSION_CPP
 sed -i "/^__git_commit__/ s/= .*/= \"${commit}\"/g" "${package_dir}/${package_name}/_version.py"
 
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index d172b680e..88d38b38a 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX="-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
 sed -i "s/name = \"${package_name}\"/name = \"${package_name}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
 echo "${version}" > VERSION
 echo "${version_cpp}" > VERSION_CPP
+echo "${version_cpp}" > "${package_dir}/VERSION"
 sed -i "/^__git_commit__/ s/= .*/= \"${commit}\"/g" "${package_src_dir}/_version.py"
 
 if [[ ${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX} == "-cu12" ]]; then