diff --git a/tools/generate_torch_version.py b/tools/generate_torch_version.py
index 61682c9c896344..2ee17b76e52f4a 100644
--- a/tools/generate_torch_version.py
+++ b/tools/generate_torch_version.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def get_sha(pytorch_root: Union[str, Path]) -> str:
 
 def get_torch_version(sha: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     pytorch_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-    version = open('version.txt', 'r').read().strip()
+    version = open(pytorch_root / 'version.txt', 'r').read().strip()
 
     if os.getenv('PYTORCH_BUILD_VERSION'):
         assert os.getenv('PYTORCH_BUILD_NUMBER') is not None