diff --git a/pylast/__init__.py b/pylast/__init__.py
index 7c989dc..0b9755b 100644
--- a/pylast/__init__.py
+++ b/pylast/__init__.py
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import xml.dom
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0.dev0"
+from . import version
+
 __author__ = "Amr Hassan, hugovk, Mice Pápai"
 __copyright__ = (
     "Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Amr Hassan, 2013-2018 hugovk, " "2017 Mice Pápai"
 )
 __license__ = "apache2"
 __email__ = "amr.hassan@gmail.com"
-
+__version__ = version.__version__
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
     import htmlentitydefs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe1c40c..1c6d5cb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 with open("README.md") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
+version_dict = {}
+with open("pylast/version.py") as f:
+    exec(f.read(), version_dict)
+    version = version_dict['__version__']
+
 setup(
     name="pylast",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    version="2.4.0.dev0",
+    version=version,
     author="Amr Hassan <amr.hassan@gmail.com> and Contributors",
     install_requires=["six"],
     tests_require=[