diff --git a/rust/hgcli/pyoxidizer.bzl b/rust/hgcli/pyoxidizer.bzl
--- a/rust/hgcli/pyoxidizer.bzl
+++ b/rust/hgcli/pyoxidizer.bzl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 ROOT = CWD + "/../.."
 
-VERSION = VARS.get("VERSION", "5.8")
+VERSION = VARS.get("VERSION", "0.0")
 MSI_NAME = VARS.get("MSI_NAME", "mercurial")
 EXTRA_MSI_FEATURES = VARS.get("EXTRA_MSI_FEATURES")
 SIGNING_PFX_PATH = VARS.get("SIGNING_PFX_PATH")