diff --git a/jazzmin/__init__.py b/jazzmin/__init__.py
index 60bb152b..b05aa9db 100644
--- a/jazzmin/__init__.py
+++ b/jazzmin/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 import django
+import sys
+
+# We automatically grab the version of `django-jazzmin` from the package manager instead of
+# hard coding it. The method for determining the version changed since PY3.8. N.B. For
+# development versions of `django-jazzmin`, the version will be 0.0.0 (see pyproject.toml) as it's
+# not technically installed.
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from importlib.metadata import version as package_version
+
+    version = package_version("django-jazzmin")
+else:
+    import pkg_resources
+
+    version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("django-jazzmin").version
 
-version = "2.6.1"
 
 if django.VERSION < (3, 2):
     default_app_config = "jazzmin.apps.JazzminConfig"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ec90ca54..35409943 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "appnope"
@@ -94,32 +94,38 @@ lxml = ["lxml"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "black"
-version = "21.12b0"
+version = "22.12.0"
 description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6.2"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
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+    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:159a46a4947f73387b4d83e87ea006dbb2337eab6c879620a3ba52699b1f4351"},
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+    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:82d9fe8fee3401e02e79767016b4907820a7dc28d70d137eb397b92ef3cc5bfc"},
+    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:101c69b23df9b44247bd88e1d7e90154336ac4992502d4197bdac35dd7ee3320"},
+    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:559c7a1ba9a006226f09e4916060982fd27334ae1998e7a38b3f33a37f7a2148"},
+    {file = "black-22.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:436cc9167dd28040ad90d3b404aec22cedf24a6e4d7de221bec2730ec0c97bcf"},
+    {file = "black-22.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:229351e5a18ca30f447bf724d007f890f97e13af070bb6ad4c0a441cd7596a2f"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-click = ">=7.1.2"
+click = ">=8.0.0"
 mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
-pathspec = ">=0.9.0,<1"
+pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
 platformdirs = ">=2"
-tomli = ">=0.2.6,<2.0.0"
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_full_version < \"3.11.0a7\""}
 typed-ast = {version = ">=1.4.2", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\" and implementation_name == \"cpython\""}
-typing-extensions = [
-    {version = ">=3.10.0.0,<3.10.0.1 || >3.10.0.1", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\""},
-    {version = ">=3.10.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
-]
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.10.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
 d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
 jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
-python2 = ["typed-ast (>=1.4.3)"]
 uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 
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@@ -1383,17 +1400,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b75ddc264f0ba5615db7ba217daeb99701ad295353c45f9e95963337ceeeffb2"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typing-extensions"
-version = "4.10.0"
-description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "typing_extensions-4.10.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:69b1a937c3a517342112fb4c6df7e72fc39a38e7891a5730ed4985b5214b5475"},
-    {file = "typing_extensions-4.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b0abd7c89e8fb96f98db18d86106ff1d90ab692004eb746cf6eda2682f91b3cb"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "2.0.7"
@@ -1517,4 +1523,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "flake8 (<5)", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
-content-hash = "a299eef37dc0b48fe8811fc90dcc9c68dfe1a9fcebd4cd3b065be0d782ca3868"
+content-hash = "6b202bb41efb2c249a32c76378e1714b019dc9f09f69b9e8358c06867bbf509b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9dde9809..89b85a30 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,14 +40,11 @@ exclude = ["tests", "docs"]
 python = ">=3.7"
 django = ">=3"
 
-[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-pytest-cov = "^4.1.0"
-
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
 target-version = ['py310']
 
-[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 django-debug-toolbar = "^3.2.4" # unparallelled debugging in django
 Werkzeug = "^2.0.2"             # support for werkzeug debugger in runserver_plus
 django-extensions = "^3.1.5"    # Django Sugar for development
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ factory-boy = "^3.2.1"          # Factory generation
 mypy = "^0.931"                 # Type checking
 click = "^8.0.3"                # Framework for building cli's
 ipdb = "^0.13.9"                # ipython breakpoints
-black = "^21.12b0"              # Code formatting and linting (with pyproject.toml support)
+black = "^22.3.0"               # Code formatting and linting (with pyproject.toml support)
 
 [tool.poetry.urls]
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/farridav/django-jazzmin/issues"
@@ -120,6 +117,7 @@ commands =
     {envpython} -m flake8 jazzmin --max-line-length 120
     {envpython} -m pytest
 deps =
+    django-jazzmin  # Installing self to allow automatic getting of `version` which needs `django-jazzmin` to be install to get information about the package.
     flake9
     pytest
     pytest-django
@@ -146,3 +144,10 @@ commands =
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
 build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
+
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = [
+    "pkg_resources.*",
+]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/tests/test_init.py b/tests/test_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c68c4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import jazzmin
+
+
+def test_version():
+    """
+    Tests getting the version of the installed package in all versions of Python we support.
+    """
+    assert jazzmin.version >= "0.0.0"