diff --git a/inema/inema.py b/inema/inema.py
index cbcf3ab..b0c3457 100644
--- a/inema/inema.py
+++ b/inema/inema.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ from lxml import etree
 from zeep import Client
 from zeep.wsse.username import UsernameToken
 from pkg_resources import resource_stream, resource_listdir
+import pkg_resources
 import requests, zipfile
 import io
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1"
+__version__ = pkg_resources.require(__name__)[0].version
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3c759f8..d4f3ae4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-from inema import __version__
 
 install_requires = [
         'zeep >= 0.12.0',
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ install_requires = [
 
 setup(
         name='inema',
-        version=__version__,
+        version='0.8.1',
         description='A Python interface to the Deutsche Post Internetmarke Online Franking',
         long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
         author='Harald Welte',