diff --git a/ddtrace/version.py b/ddtrace/version.py
index e48bb2a909e..3adf8435d4c 100644
--- a/ddtrace/version.py
+++ b/ddtrace/version.py
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 try:
     distributions = importlib.metadata.packages_distributions().get(__package__ or __name__)
+except Exception:
+    distributions = None
+
+try:
     __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(distributions[0] if distributions else "ddtrace")
 except Exception:
     __version__ = "0.0.0"