diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/__init__.py b/src/setuptools_scm/__init__.py
index 01b3da81..811865de 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/__init__.py
@@ -43,27 +43,27 @@
 
 def dump_version(
     root: _t.PathT,
-    version: str,
+    version_str: str,
     write_to: _t.PathT,
     template: str | None = None,
 ) -> None:
-    assert isinstance(version, str)
+    assert isinstance(version_str, str)
     target = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(root, write_to))
     ext = os.path.splitext(target)[1]
     template = template or TEMPLATES.get(ext)
     from ._log import log
 
-    log.debug("dump %s into %s", version, write_to)
+    log.debug("dump %s into %s", version_str, write_to)
     if template is None:
         raise ValueError(
             "bad file format: '{}' (of {}) \nonly *.txt and *.py are supported".format(
                 os.path.splitext(target)[1], target
             )
         )
-    version_tuple = _version_as_tuple(version)
+    version_tuple = _version_as_tuple(version_str)
 
     with open(target, "w") as fp:
-        fp.write(template.format(version=version, version_tuple=version_tuple))
+        fp.write(template.format(version=version_str, version_tuple=version_tuple))
 
 
 def _do_parse(config: Configuration) -> _t.SCMVERSION | None:
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def _get_version(config: Configuration) -> str | None:
     if config.write_to is not None:
         dump_version(
             root=config.root,
-            version=version_string,
+            version_str=version_string,
             write_to=config.write_to,
             template=config.write_to_template,
         )