diff --git a/texteller/__init__.py b/texteller/__init__.py
index 369cb6d..c40e6f0 100644
--- a/texteller/__init__.py
+++ b/texteller/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
 from texteller.api import *
+
+__version__ = version("texteller")