diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index d278399..f5a1949 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ library(VAST)
 library(TMB)
 
 # Version
-Version_VAST = "VAST_v2_4_0"
+Version_VAST = SpatialDeltaGLMM::get_latest_version( package="VAST" )
 
 # Use "extdata" in "inst" because its loaded with R packages
 singlespecies_example_path <- system.file("extdata", package="SpatialDeltaGLMM")