diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 590f121..5135987 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "versioningit"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
-path = "src/lazyslide/__init__.py"
+source = "versioningit"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/lazyslide", "src/lazyslide_cv", "src/wsi_data"]
diff --git a/src/lazyslide/__init__.py b/src/lazyslide/__init__.py
index 67c6e84..c943960 100644
--- a/src/lazyslide/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lazyslide/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+import pkg_resources
+
 from wsi_data import open_wsi
 import lazyslide.pp as pp
 import lazyslide.tl as tl
 import lazyslide.pl as pl
+
+version = __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("lazyslide").version