diff --git a/docs/__init__.py b/docs/__init__.py
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+++ b/docs/__init__.py
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+import toml
+
+with open("pyproject.toml") as f:
+    config = toml.load(f)
+
+version = config["project"]["version"]
+
+__version__ = version
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