diff --git a/mikeio/__init__.py b/mikeio/__init__.py
index c8d8d03f5..3c19e33b4 100644
--- a/mikeio/__init__.py
+++ b/mikeio/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from pathlib import Path
 from platform import architecture
 from collections.abc import Sequence
@@ -21,7 +22,14 @@
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
 
-__version__ = "2.2.dev2"  # TODO use git hash instead for dev version?
+try:
+    # read version from installed package
+    __version__ = version("mikeio")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    __version__ = "dev"
+
+# __version__ = "2.2.dev2"  # TODO use git hash instead for dev version?
 # __version__ = "1.5.0"
 __dfs_version__: int = 220
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a81ed6145..e3e23fc21 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exclude = ["notebooks", "tests", "images", ".github", "docs", ".devcontainer", "
 
 [project]
 name="mikeio"
-version="2.2.dev2"
+version="2.1.3"
 dependencies = [
     "mikecore>=0.2.1",
     "numpy>=1.22.0",