diff --git a/publish.py b/publish.py
index 698ab1e38..749bd2ed8 100755
--- a/publish.py
+++ b/publish.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ with open('kitty/constants.py') as f:
 nv = re.search(r'^version\s+=\s+Version\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)', raw, flags=re.MULTILINE)
 if nv is not None:
     version = '%s.%s.%s' % (nv.group(1), nv.group(2), nv.group(3))
-appname = re.search(r"^appname\s+=\s+'([^']+)'", raw, flags=re.MULTILINE).group(1)  # type: ignore
+appname = re.search(r"^appname: str\s+=\s+'([^']+)'", raw, flags=re.MULTILINE).group(1)  # type: ignore
 
 ALL_ACTIONS = 'man html build tag sdist upload website'.split()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9f4c4dcc..a4d364b9f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ build_dir = 'build'
 constants = os.path.join('kitty', 'constants.py')
 with open(constants, 'rb') as f:
     constants = f.read().decode('utf-8')
-appname = re.search(r"^appname = '([^']+)'", constants, re.MULTILINE).group(1)  # type: ignore
+appname = re.search(r"^appname: str = '([^']+)'", constants, re.MULTILINE).group(1)  # type: ignore
 version = tuple(
     map(
         int,
         re.search(  # type: ignore
-            r"^version = Version\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)", constants, re.MULTILINE
+            r"^version: Version = Version\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)", constants, re.MULTILINE
         ).group(1, 2, 3)
     )
 )