diff --git a/swiftsimio/__version__.py b/swiftsimio/__version__.py
index 9e17e009..70c89f19 100644
--- a/swiftsimio/__version__.py
+++ b/swiftsimio/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "8.0.1"
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("swiftsimio")