diff --git a/misc/update-version.pl b/misc/update-version
similarity index 81%
rename from misc/update-version.pl
rename to misc/update-version
index 551147ac..4d9a3040 100755
--- a/misc/update-version.pl
+++ b/misc/update-version
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ $rev++;
 
 print "New version: $rev $date\n";
 
-open my $in, '<', "PBot/VERSION.pm" or die "Couldn't open VERSION.pm for reading: $!";
+open my $in, '<', "../PBot/VERSION.pm" or die "Couldn't open VERSION.pm for reading: $!";
 my @lines = <$in>;
 close $in;
 
-open my $out, '>', "PBot/VERSION.pm" or die "Couldn't open VERSION.pm for writing: $!";
+open my $out, '>', "../PBot/VERSION.pm" or die "Couldn't open VERSION.pm for writing: $!";
 
 foreach my $text (@lines) {
   $text =~ s/BUILD_NAME\s+=> ".*",/BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",/;