diff --git a/paddlespeech/cli/utils.py b/paddlespeech/cli/utils.py
index d11178df8..4f2c89065 100644
--- a/paddlespeech/cli/utils.py
+++ b/paddlespeech/cli/utils.py
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ from paddle.framework import load
 
 import paddleaudio
 from . import download
-from .. import __version__
 from .entry import commands
+try:
+    from .. import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = 0.0.0 # for develop branch
 
 requests.adapters.DEFAULT_RETRIES = 3