diff --git a/eligibility_server/__init__.py b/eligibility_server/__init__.py
index 1eb05ef3..3aa921e5 100644
--- a/eligibility_server/__init__.py
+++ b/eligibility_server/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-__version__ = "2023.08.2"
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
-VERSION = __version__
+try:
+    __version__ = version("eligibility-server")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3d65a34..b4d15f67 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=65", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
 [project]
-classifiers = ["Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only"]
+name = "eligibility-server"
+version = "2023.09.1"
 description = "Server implementation of the Eligibility Verification API"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+classifiers = ["Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "eligibility-api==2023.9.1",
     "Flask==2.3.3",
@@ -12,12 +13,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1",
     "requests==2.31.0"
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
-keywords = ["flask"]
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-name = "eligibility-server"
-readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
@@ -36,7 +31,10 @@ Code = "https://github.com/cal-itp/eligibility-server"
 Documentation = "https://docs.calitp.org/eligibility-server"
 Issues = "https://github.com/cal-itp/eligibility-server/issues"
 
-# Configuration for black
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=65", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 127
 target-version = ['py310']
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 341e9700..ea8e6850 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 Test app
 """
+import re
 
 from eligibility_server.settings import APP_NAME
 from eligibility_server.keypair import get_server_public_key
@@ -31,3 +32,10 @@ def test_publickey(client):
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.mimetype == "text/plain"
     assert response.text == get_server_public_key().decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def test_version():
+    from eligibility_server import __version__
+
+    assert __version__ is not None
+    assert re.match(r"\d{4}\.\d{1,2}\.\d+", __version__)