diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 837b24d..1685daa 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 Sugar project page on GitHub](https://github.com/sethvargo/chef-sugar).
 EOH
 
-require_relative 'lib/chef/sugar/version'
+require          File.expand_path('../lib/chef/sugar/version', __FILE__)
 version          Chef::Sugar::VERSION