diff --git a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/.gitattributes b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/.gitattributes
index 26e3729785..6402a165ec 100644
--- a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/.gitattributes
+++ b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-src/_version.py export-subst
+src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py export-subst
diff --git a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/MANIFEST.in b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/MANIFEST.in
index 60ea82abec..6f3094ee52 100644
--- a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-include versioneer.py
-include src/_version.py
+include src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py
 recursive-include src *.so *.pyi
diff --git a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/pyproject.toml b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/pyproject.toml
index bb98815424..ce61fea657 100644
--- a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "versioneer[toml]==0.29"]
 VCS = "git"
 style = "pep440"
 tag_prefix = "v"
-versionfile_build = "src/_version.py"
-versionfile_source = "src/_version.py"
+versionfile_build = "src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py"
+versionfile_source = "src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py"
 
 [tool.yapfignore]
 ignore_patterns = [
diff --git a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/__init__.py b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..9614ddb8cd 100644
--- a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/__init__.py
+++ b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from . import _version  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+
+__version__ = _version.get_versions()['version']
diff --git a/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/_version.py b/examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/_version.py
rename to examples/developer_guide/3_simple_cpp_stage/src/simple_cpp_stage/_version.py