diff --git a/src/psimpy/__init__.py b/src/psimpy/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..f927ee6075f66a02595cce9e6180a671429995e4 100644
--- a/src/psimpy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/psimpy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version("psimpy")
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