diff --git a/django_mongodb/base.py b/django_mongodb/base.py
index 2ef34938..a052a927 100644
--- a/django_mongodb/base.py
+++ b/django_mongodb/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import contextlib
-from importlib import metadata
+import os
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db.backends.base.base import BaseDatabaseWrapper
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from pymongo.driver_info import DriverInfo
 from pymongo.mongo_client import MongoClient
 
+from . import __version__ as django_mongodb_backend_version
 from . import dbapi as Database
 from .client import DatabaseClient
 from .creation import DatabaseCreation
@@ -175,7 +176,9 @@ def get_new_connection(self, conn_params):
         return MongoClient(**conn_params, driver=self._driver_info())
 
     def _driver_info(self):
-        return DriverInfo("django-mongodb", metadata.version("django-mongodb"))
+        if not os.environ.get("RUNNING_DJANGOS_TEST_SUITE"):
+            return DriverInfo("django-mongodb-backend", django_mongodb_backend_version)
+        return None
 
     def _commit(self):
         pass