diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 6622742e..25bf64ad 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ sphinx:
 
 python:
   install:
-    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+    - path: .
+      requirements: docs/requirements.txt
 
 formats:
   - htmlzip
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9f48a537..2f51dbd3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -27,26 +27,19 @@
 #
 # needs_sphinx = '1.0'
 
-import pathlib
+import importlib.metadata
 import re
 
-_docs_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
-_version_path = _docs_path / '../aiobotocore/__init__.py'
-
-
-with _version_path.open() as fp:
-    try:
-        _version_info = re.search(
-            r"^__version__ = '"
-            r"(?P<major>\d+)"
-            r"\.(?P<minor>\d+)"
-            r"\.(?P<patch>\d+)"
-            r"(?P<tag>.*)?'$",
-            fp.read(),
-            re.M,
-        ).groupdict()
-    except IndexError:
-        raise RuntimeError('Unable to determine version.')
+try:
+    _version_info = re.fullmatch(
+        r"(?P<major>\d+)"
+        r"\.(?P<minor>\d+)"
+        r"\.(?P<patch>\d+)"
+        r"(?P<tag>.*)?",
+        importlib.metadata.version('aiobotocore'),
+    ).groupdict()
+except IndexError:
+    raise RuntimeError('Unable to determine version.')
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom