diff --git a/metriken/Cargo.toml b/metriken/Cargo.toml
index 79b7c8dd..cb68aec2 100644
--- a/metriken/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metriken/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "metriken"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = [
 	"Brian Martin <brian@iop.systems>",
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ description = "A fast and lightweight metrics library"
 homepage = "https://github.com/pelikan-io/rustcommon"
 repository = "https://github.com/pelikan-io/rustcommon"
 
+# we use this to prevent multiple versions of metriken from being used in the
+# same project
+links = "metriken"
+
 [dependencies]
 metriken-derive = { version = "0.2.0", path = "./derive" }
 histogram = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../histogram" }
diff --git a/metriken/build.rs b/metriken/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f328e4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metriken/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fn main() {}