diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index cd8e205..0501f03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "VERSION=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set version
-        run: poetry version ${{ env.VERSION }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+          poetry version ${VERSION#v}
 
       - name: Publish PyPI package
         env:
@@ -47,9 +49,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
-      - name: Update version in pyproject.toml
-        run: python .github/workflows/update_pyproject.py $(echo ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//})
-
       - name: Commit and push changes
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_pyproject.py b/.github/workflows/update_pyproject.py
deleted file mode 100755
index a731a8c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update_pyproject.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import re
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    path = Path('pyproject.toml')
-    content = path.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
-    version = sys.argv[1].removeprefix('v')
-    content = re.sub(r'version = "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-dev"', f'version = "{version}-dev"', content)
-    path.write_text(content, encoding='utf-8')
diff --git a/air_link/__init__.py b/air_link/__init__.py
index 7d0f278..e7920a7 100644
--- a/air_link/__init__.py
+++ b/air_link/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from .main import main
+from .version import __version__
 
 __all__ = [
     'main',
+    '__version__',
 ]
diff --git a/air_link/version.py b/air_link/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e9b04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/air_link/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__: str = importlib.metadata.version('air_link')