diff --git a/podman_compose.py b/podman_compose.py
index 69cd6a4d..54402462 100755
--- a/podman_compose.py
+++ b/podman_compose.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 # https://docs.docker.com/compose/django/
 # https://docs.docker.com/compose/wordpress/
 
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    import importlib_metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version("podman-compose")
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -35,8 +41,6 @@
 import yaml
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
 
-__version__ = "1.0.4"
-
 script = os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])
 
 # helper functions
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e900d2f9..c78d2378 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 universal = 1
 
 [metadata]
-version = attr: podman_compose.__version__
+version = 1.0.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2bea082..1348b75a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     license="GPL-2.0-only",
     install_requires=[
+        "importlib-metadata",
         "pyyaml",
         "python-dotenv",
     ],