diff --git a/unittests/make_tools/test_replacer.py b/unittests/make_tools/test_replacer.py
index 92148e21..6365e267 100644
--- a/unittests/make_tools/test_replacer.py
+++ b/unittests/make_tools/test_replacer.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from spinn_utilities.config_holder import set_config
 from spinn_utilities.make_tools.replacer import Replacer
 from spinn_utilities.make_tools.file_converter import TOKEN
+from spinn_utilities._version import __version__ as version
 
 PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ def test_listdir(self):
         m = sys.modules[Replacer.__module__].__file__
         d = os.path.dirname(m)
         fs = os.listdir(d)
-        raise Exception(str(d) + str(fs))
+        raise Exception(version + " " + str(d) + str(fs))
 
     def near_equals(self, a, b):
         diff = a - b