diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38a4723..c4d0e7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ skip-string-normalization = true
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
 version = "0.2.0"
-version_files = ["pyproject.toml:version"]
+version_files = [
+  "pyproject.toml:version",
+  "src/hyperscan/__init__.py:__version__"
+]
 
 [tool.poetry]
 build = "build.py"
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ black = "^20.8b1"
 clang-format = "^9.0.0"
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = ["pyproject.toml:version"]
+version_variable = [
+  "pyproject.toml:version",
+  "src/hyperscan/__init__.py:__version__"
+]
 remove_dist = false
 upload_to_release = false
 upload_to_pypi = false
diff --git a/src/hyperscan/__init__.py b/src/hyperscan/__init__.py
index a4babbc..2720fac 100644
--- a/src/hyperscan/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hyperscan/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import typing
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 from hyperscan._hyperscan import *
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('hyperscan').version
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 
 
 class ExpressionExt(typing.NamedTuple):