diff --git a/lib/linguist.rb b/lib/linguist.rb
index ad8337c8..3714b5a0 100644
--- a/lib/linguist.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ require 'linguist/heuristics'
 require 'linguist/language'
 require 'linguist/repository'
 require 'linguist/samples'
+require 'linguist/version'
diff --git a/lib/linguist/version.rb b/lib/linguist/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07042275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/linguist/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Linguist
+  VERSION = "2.10.13"
+end
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