diff --git a/node2vec/__init__.py b/node2vec/__init__.py
index bb7d3a9..7a085bc 100644
--- a/node2vec/__init__.py
+++ b/node2vec/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 from . import edges
 from .node2vec import Node2Vec
+from importlib import metadata
+
+__version__ = metadata.version('node2vec')
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