diff --git a/sqlalchemy_pervasive/_version.py b/sqlalchemy_pervasive/_version.py
index 020ed73d7a09b032ea1b3291090cbbdeee5a181a..3d8fab5d7692a18aab9853048e2aee94b7009c6a 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_pervasive/_version.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_pervasive/_version.py
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = '0.2.2'
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+
+__version__ = version('sqlalchemy-pervasive')