diff --git a/src/redis_store/__init__.py b/src/redis_store/__init__.py
index e9e75f4..42d5d26 100644
--- a/src/redis_store/__init__.py
+++ b/src/redis_store/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+
 from .redis_store import RedisDB
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+try:
+    __version__ = version("redis_store")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
 
 __all__ = ["RedisDB", "__version__"]