diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index 2d026ba1..8a68d2ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -19,16 +19,10 @@ jobs:
                   python-version: 3.8
             - name: Set Version
               id: version
-              run: |
-                  if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "release" && "${{ github.event.action }}" == "published" ]]; then
-                      echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                  else
-                      TIMESTAMP=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
-                      echo "VERSION=0.0.dev${TIMESTAMP}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                  fi
+              run: echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" > polypheny-connector-version.txt
+            - name: Create MANIFEST.in
+              run: echo "include polypheny-connector-version.txt" > MANIFEST.in
             - name: Build package
               run: python setup.py sdist
-              env:
-                  VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
             - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
               uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index b62f1686..97188e54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
-
+          
+      - name: Set Version
+        id: version
+        run: echo "v0.0.0" > polypheny-connector-version.txt
+
+      - name: Create MANIFEST.in
+        run: echo "include polypheny-connector-version.txt" > MANIFEST.in
+              
       - name: Checkout driver
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -90,6 +97,13 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
 
+      - name: Set Version
+        id: version
+        run: echo "v0.0.0" > polypheny-connector-version.txt
+
+      - name: Create MANIFEST.in
+        run: echo "include polypheny-connector-version.txt" > MANIFEST.in
+
       - name: Checkout driver
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -137,6 +151,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout driver
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set Version
+        id: version
+        run: echo "v0.0.0" > polypheny-connector-version.txt
+
+      - name: Create MANIFEST.in
+        run: echo "include polypheny-connector-version.txt" > MANIFEST.in
+        
       - name: Install driver dependencies
         run: pip install -r requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bd0f3654..0149373a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,27 +1,42 @@
 import os
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
-# Retrieve 'VERSION' environment variable, default to '0.0' if not found.
-version = os.getenv('RELEASE_VERSION', '0.0')
+version_file = 'polypheny-connector-version.txt'
+
+if not os.path.exists(version_file):
+    raise ValueError(f"Version file '{version_file}' not found. Please create the file with the version number.")
+
+with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
+    version = f.read().strip()
+
+print(f"Building version: {version}")
+
+if not version.startswith('v'):
+    raise ValueError(f"Invalid version format: {version}. Expected format 'v0.0.0'.")
 
-# Attempt to split the version number, default to '0' for both if it fails
-try:
-    major, minor = version.split('.')
-except ValueError:
-    major, minor = '0', '0'  # Default to '0.0' if the version isn't in a 'major.minor' format
+# Strip the 'v' prefix for the version
+version = version[1:]
 
 with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-setup(name='polypheny',
-      version=version,
-      description='Driver for Polypheny',
-      long_description=long_description,
-      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-      packages=['polypheny'],
-      install_requires=[
-          "polypheny-prism-api==1.9",
-      ],
-      )
+setup(
+    name='polypheny',
+    version=version,
+    description='Driver for Polypheny',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    author="The Polypheny Project",
+    author_email="mail@polypheny.org",
+    url="https://polypheny.com/",
+    project_urls={
+        "Documentation": "https://docs.polypheny.com/en/latest/drivers/python/overview",
+        "Code": "https://github.com/polypheny/Polypheny-Connector-Python",
+        "Issue tracker": "https://github.com/polypheny/Polypheny-DB/labels/A-python"
+    },
+    license="Apache License, Version 2.0",
+    packages=['polypheny'],
+    install_requires=[
+        "polypheny-prism-api==1.9",
+    ],
+)