diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8f6134a2..8e56c6db 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@ tag = True
 [bumpversion:file:backend/pyproject.toml]
 search = version = "{current_version}"
 replace = version = "{new_version}"
-
-[bumpversion:file:backend/streams_explorer/__init__.py]
-search = __version__ = "{current_version}"
-replace = __version__ = "{new_version}"
diff --git a/backend/streams_explorer/__init__.py b/backend/streams_explorer/__init__.py
index 383e9567..43cb5b6e 100644
--- a/backend/streams_explorer/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/streams_explorer/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 """Streams Explorer."""
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)