diff --git a/src/pydase/version.py b/src/pydase/version.py
index cf34808..04f77c2 100644
--- a/src/pydase/version.py
+++ b/src/pydase/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+
+__version__ = distribution("pydase").version
 __major__, __minor__, __patch__ = [int(v) for v in __version__.split(".")]