diff --git a/salt/defaults.yaml b/salt/defaults.yaml
index 44ea3aa..ee12871 100644
--- a/salt/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=yaml
 salt:
+  version: ''
   install_packages: True
   use_pip: False
   clean_config_d_dir: True