diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 4c85860e5a..44077f06db 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ impl CookRecipe {
         if let Some(ver) = VersionExtractor::extract_cargo_ver(&cargo_path) {
             return Some(ver);
         }
-        None
+        Some("0.1.0".into())
     }
 }