diff --git a/benchmarks/suitespec.yml b/benchmarks/suitespec.yml
index 4c3d3e36712..0802b8ed9ca 100644
--- a/benchmarks/suitespec.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/suitespec.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ components:
     - ddtrace/internal/wrapping/*
     - ddtrace/__init__.py
     - ddtrace/py.typed
-    - ddtrace/version.py
     - ddtrace/internal/settings/_config.py
     - src/native/*
 suites:
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ suites:
       - '@tracing'
       - '@vendor'
       - benchmarks/set_http_meta/*
-      - benchmarks/suitespec.yml
     cpus_per_run: 1
     type: 'microbenchmark'
   telemetry_add_metric:
diff --git a/ddtrace/version.py b/ddtrace/version.py
index a688dcc6383..e48bb2a909e 100644
--- a/ddtrace/version.py
+++ b/ddtrace/version.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 __version__: str
 
 try:
-    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
-except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    distributions = importlib.metadata.packages_distributions().get(__package__ or __name__)
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(distributions[0] if distributions else "ddtrace")
+except Exception:
     __version__ = "0.0.0"