diff --git a/pyopenephys/__init__.py b/pyopenephys/__init__.py
index b1a71e8..5856ed4 100644
--- a/pyopenephys/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopenephys/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .core import File
 
-__version__ = "1.0.7"
+from .version import version as __version__