diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b79343a..1f755b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/sshuttle/version.py
 /tmp/
 /.cache/
 /.eggs/
diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index 0c31004..7aa2968 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 flake8==5.0.4
 pyflakes==2.5.0
+bump2version==1.0.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dbdf161..f4abe55 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.1.0
+
+[bumpversion:file:sshuttle/version.py]
+
 [aliases]
-test=pytest
+test = pytest
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1
 
 [upload]
-sign=true
-identity=0x1784577F811F6EAC
+sign = true
+identity = 0x1784577F811F6EAC
 
 [flake8]
-count=true
-show-source=true
-statistics=true
-max-line-length=128
+count = true
+show-source = true
+statistics = true
+max-line-length = 128
 
 [tool:pytest]
 addopts = --cov=sshuttle --cov-branch --cov-report=term-missing
diff --git a/sshuttle/version.py b/sshuttle/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f3c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sshuttle/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = version = '1.1.0'