diff --git a/enaml/qt/qt_mpl_canvas.py b/enaml/qt/qt_mpl_canvas.py
index f5a94bd98..9faf08b36 100644
--- a/enaml/qt/qt_mpl_canvas.py
+++ b/enaml/qt/qt_mpl_canvas.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from enaml.widgets.mpl_canvas import ProxyMPLCanvas
 
-from .QtCore import Qt, QT_VERSION
+from .QtCore import Qt, __version__ as QT_VERSION
 from .QtWidgets import QFrame, QVBoxLayout
 
 from .qt_control import QtControl