diff --git a/api_version.go b/api_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63ecf7fccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//
+//
+// File generated from our OpenAPI spec
+//
+//
+
+package stripe
+
+const (
+	apiVersion string = "2020-08-27"
+)
diff --git a/stripe.go b/stripe.go
index 8b17692ff2..decec37623 100644
--- a/stripe.go
+++ b/stripe.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// APIVersion is the currently supported API version
-	APIVersion string = "2020-08-27"
+	APIVersion string = apiVersion
 
 	// APIBackend is a constant representing the API service backend.
 	APIBackend SupportedBackend = "api"