diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2a9acf1..e900d2f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1
+
+[metadata]
+version = attr: podman_compose.__version__
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e5141e..d61d8f7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ try:
 except:
     readme = ''
 
-from podman_compose import __version__ as podman_compose_version
-
 setup(
     name='podman-compose',
-    version=podman_compose_version,
     description="A script to run docker-compose.yml using podman",
     long_description=readme,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',