--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 project = "marshmallow"
 copyright = "Steven Loria and contributors"  # noqa: A001
 
-version = release = importlib.metadata.version("marshmallow")
+version = release = '3.26.1' # I'm done
 
 exclude_patterns = ["_build"]
 # Ignore WARNING: more than one target found for cross-reference 'Schema': marshmallow.schema.Schema, marshmallow.Schema