diff --git a/basyx/aas/__init__.py b/basyx/aas/__init__.py
index 3273ea10d..2461fe523 100644
--- a/basyx/aas/__init__.py
+++ b/basyx/aas/__init__.py
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 in 'adapter', you can find JSON and XML adapters to translate between BaSyx Python SDK objects and JSON/XML schemas;
 and in 'util', some helpful functionality to actually use the AAS meta-model you created with 'model' is located.
 """
+
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index b2db97a58..863135288 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))
+from basyx.aas import __version__
 
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 author = 'The Eclipse BaSyx Authors'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.2.0'
+release = __version__
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a7b9a955..e2bf0023d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 import setuptools
+from basyx.aas import __version__
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding='utf-8') as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="basyx-python-sdk",
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version=__version__,
     author="The Eclipse BaSyx Authors",
     description="The Eclipse BaSyx Python SDK, an implementation of the Asset Administration Shell for Industry 4.0 "
                 "systems",