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+# Copyright © 2020 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+import os
+import importlib
+
+
+def test_rel_version():
+    import pyarmnn._version as v
+    importlib.reload(v)
+    assert "dev" not in v.__version__
+    del v
+
+
+def test_dev_version():
+    import pyarmnn._version as v
+    os.environ["PYARMNN_DEV_VER"] = "1"
+
+    importlib.reload(v)
+
+    assert "20.2.0.dev1" == v.__version__
+
+    del os.environ["PYARMNN_DEV_VER"]
+    del v
+
+
+def test_arm_version_not_affected():
+    import pyarmnn._version as v
+    os.environ["PYARMNN_DEV_VER"] = "1"
+
+    importlib.reload(v)
+
+    assert "20200200" == v.__arm_ml_version__
+
+    del os.environ["PYARMNN_DEV_VER"]
+    del v