diff --git a/openevolve/__init__.py b/openevolve/__init__.py
index 4c1463369..ea71aa841 100644
--- a/openevolve/__init__.py
+++ b/openevolve/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 OpenEvolve: An open-source implementation of AlphaEvolve
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__version__ = "0.0.16"
 
 from openevolve.controller import OpenEvolve
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc41df178..dd7b462c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "openevolve"
-version = "0.0.15"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Open-source implementation of AlphaEvolve"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ disallow_incomplete_defs = true
 
 [project.scripts]
 openevolve-run = "openevolve.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "openevolve.__version__"}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4db6920e8..bef91f9d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from openevolve import __version__
 
 setup(
     name="openevolve",
-    version="0.0.15",
+    version=__version__,
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
 )