diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
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+import toml
+
+import pydase.version
+
+
+def test_project_version() -> None:
+    pyproject = toml.load("pyproject.toml")
+    pydase_pyroject_version = pyproject["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+    assert pydase.version.__version__ == pydase_pyroject_version