1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Getopt/Long.pm b/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
index 7c64c88725..b3d462246b 100644
--- a/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
+++ b/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BEGIN {
     require 5.004;
     use Exporter ();
     use vars     qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
-    $VERSION     = "2.23_05";
+    $VERSION     = 2.23_05;
 
     @ISA         = qw(Exporter);
     @EXPORT      = qw(&GetOptions $REQUIRE_ORDER $PERMUTE $RETURN_IN_ORDER);