diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ebaec3cb..ca89a2ae 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -4,13 +4,5 @@ commit = True
 tag = True
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
-search = version='{current_version}'
-replace = version='{new_version}'
-
 [bumpversion:file:docs/conf.py]
-search = version = release = '{current_version}'
-replace = version = release = '{new_version}'
-
 [bumpversion:file:src/protean/__init__.py]
-search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
-replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1683bcde..c92dbb14 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 year = "2019"
 author = "Subhash Bhushan C"
 copyright = "{0}, {1}".format(year, author)
-version = release = "version = release = '0.5.1'"
+version = release = "0.5.1"
 
 pygments_style = "autumn"
 templates_path = ["."]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7720fd40..c2930954 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name="protean",
-    version="version='0.5.1'",
+    version="0.5.1",
     license="BSD 3-Clause License",
     description="Protean Application Framework",
     long_description="%s\n%s"
diff --git a/src/protean/__init__.py b/src/protean/__init__.py
index 39724695..e84b6215 100644
--- a/src/protean/__init__.py
+++ b/src/protean/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Primary Module to define version and expose packages"""
 
-__version__ = "__version__ = '0.5.1'"
+__version__ = "0.5.1"
 
 # Local/Relative Imports
 from .domain import Domain