diff --git a/lib/confetti/templates/windows_manifest.rb b/lib/confetti/templates/windows_manifest.rb
index 6aa5375..c0c7a7d 100644
--- a/lib/confetti/templates/windows_manifest.rb
+++ b/lib/confetti/templates/windows_manifest.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def generate_guid val
       end
 
       def version
+        return @config.windows_package_version || @config.version_string
         v = normalize_version(@config.windows_package_version || @config.version_string).split('.')
 
         # after the first one, each segment can only have one character