diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/__init__.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/__init__.py
index 85f5db95cb..9410bc40a1 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/__init__.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 __package_name__ = "acryl-datahub"
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__version__ = "0.0.0.dev0"
+
+
+def nice_version_name() -> str:
+    if __version__ == "0.0.0.dev0":
+        return "unavailable (installed editable via git)"
+    return __version__
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/entrypoints.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/entrypoints.py
index 1badb3505f..cd7202c884 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/entrypoints.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/entrypoints.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(format=BASE_LOGGING_FORMAT)
 @click.group()
 @click.option("--debug/--no-debug", default=False)
 @click.version_option(
-    version=datahub_package.__version__,
+    version=datahub_package.nice_version_name(),
     prog_name=datahub_package.__package_name__,
 )
 def datahub(debug: bool) -> None:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def datahub(debug: bool) -> None:
 @datahub.command()
 def version() -> None:
     """Print version number and exit"""
-    click.echo(f"DataHub CLI version: {datahub_package.__version__}")
+    click.echo(f"DataHub CLI version: {datahub_package.nice_version_name()}")
     click.echo(f"Python version: {sys.version}")