diff --git a/myproject/__init__.py b/myproject/__init__.py
index f8e068e..8a0eea9 100644
--- a/myproject/__init__.py
+++ b/myproject/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 """The main module for MyProject."""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version(__name__)