diff --git a/src/qibochem/__init__.py b/src/qibochem/__init__.py
index 3f5c4a7..ba85645 100644
--- a/src/qibochem/__init__.py
+++ b/src/qibochem/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+import importlib.metadata as im
+
+__version__ = im.version(__package__)