diff --git a/podman_compose.py b/podman_compose.py
index 6987470..60ba978 100755
--- a/podman_compose.py
+++ b/podman_compose.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ except ImportError:
 import json
 import yaml
 
+__version__ = '0.1.5'
+
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 if PY3:
     basestring = str
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0cb939e..9d31899 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ try:
 except:
     readme = ''
 
-version = '0.1.4'
+from podman_compose import __version__ as podman_compose_version
 
 setup(
     name='podman-compose',
-    version=version,
+    version=podman_compose_version,
     description="A script to run docker-compose.yml using podman",
     long_description=readme,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',