diff --git a/pydeequ/__init__.py b/pydeequ/__init__.py
index 49a06e5..a7be0de 100644
--- a/pydeequ/__init__.py
+++ b/pydeequ/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
 # language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 """Placeholder docstrings"""
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version("pydeequ")
 
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
 
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f10e441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+import pydeequ
+
+
+def test_package_version_is_exposed():
+    assert pydeequ.__version__ == version("pydeequ")