diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/pyopenvino.cpp b/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/pyopenvino.cpp
index 07cca64d1d7..cc7e243849b 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/pyopenvino.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/pyopenvino.cpp
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ namespace py = pybind11;
 
 std::string get_version() {
     auto version = ov::get_openvino_version();
-    std::string version_str = std::to_string(OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR) + ".";
-    version_str += std::to_string(OPENVINO_VERSION_MINOR) + ".";
-    version_str += version.buildNumber;
-    return version_str;
+    return version.buildNumber;
 }
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(pyopenvino, m) {