diff --git a/testing/perl-xml-twig/perl-xml-twig.SlackBuild b/testing/perl-xml-twig/perl-xml-twig.SlackBuild
index 7a63e99..99b9991 100755
--- a/testing/perl-xml-twig/perl-xml-twig.SlackBuild
+++ b/testing/perl-xml-twig/perl-xml-twig.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=perl-xml-twig
 SRCNAM=XML-Twig
-VERSION=3.44
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.44}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}
 ARCH=noarch