diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e78df46..a6532b6e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ CONTAINER=docker.io/trustgraph/trustgraph-flow
 
 update-package-versions:
 	mkdir -p trustgraph-cli/trustgraph
+	mkdir -p trustgraph/trustgraph
 	echo __version__ = \"${VERSION}\" > trustgraph-base/trustgraph/base_version.py
 	echo __version__ = \"${VERSION}\" > trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/flow_version.py
 	echo __version__ = \"${VERSION}\" > trustgraph-vertexai/trustgraph/vertexai_version.py