diff --git a/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py b/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
index f624b96125..754a2d2e25 100644
--- a/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
+++ b/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class BootstrapRepos:
         """Get version of local OpenPype."""
 
         version = {}
-        path = Path(os.path.dirname(__file__)).parent / "openpype" / "version.py"
+        path = Path(os.environ["OPENPYPE_ROOT"]) / "openpype" / "version.py"
         with open(path, "r") as fp:
             exec(fp.read(), version)
         return version["__version__"]