diff --git a/ccnode/node.py b/ccnode/node.py
index 8c0ad12358463372075fde07bcd1368dc74fac76..c5832874cef6e5a5edaeb6c261fd7abf14946581 100644
--- a/ccnode/node.py
+++ b/ccnode/node.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from ccnode.exc import PluginError
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-DEFAULT_TAGS = (Tag(u'version', __version__, -1),)
+DEFAULT_TAGS = (Tag(u'version', __version__),)
 
 
 class RPCHandler(object):