diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6c199bcda5..ac2423cf6e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@
 author = 'MMPose Authors'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-with open('../mmpose/VERSION', 'r') as f:
-    release = f.read().strip()
+version_file = '../mmpose/version.py'
+
+
+def get_version():
+    with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
+        exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, 'exec'))
+    return locals()['__version__']
+
+
+release = get_version()
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/mmpose/VERSION b/mmpose/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index a918a2aa18..0000000000
--- a/mmpose/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.6.0
diff --git a/mmpose/__init__.py b/mmpose/__init__.py
index 1c4f7e8fcc..933963b7fe 100644
--- a/mmpose/__init__.py
+++ b/mmpose/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
-from .version import __version__, short_version
+import mmcv
+from mmcv import digit_version
 
-__all__ = ['__version__', 'short_version']
+from .version import __version__, short_version, version_info
+
+mmcv_minimum_version = '1.1.1'
+mmcv_version = digit_version(mmcv.__version__)
+
+assert digit_version(mmcv_minimum_version) <= mmcv_version, \
+        f'MMCV=={mmcv.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
+        f'Please install mmcv>={mmcv_minimum_version}.'
+
+__all__ = ['__version__', 'short_version', 'version_info']
diff --git a/mmpose/utils/collect_env.py b/mmpose/utils/collect_env.py
index ebb418eb3b..54f99fb0bd 100644
--- a/mmpose/utils/collect_env.py
+++ b/mmpose/utils/collect_env.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 from mmcv.utils import collect_env as collect_basic_env
+from mmcv.utils import get_git_hash
 
 import mmpose
 
 
+def get_short_git_hash(num_hashes=7):
+    return get_git_hash()[:num_hashes]
+
+
 def collect_env():
     env_info = collect_basic_env()
-    env_info['MMPose'] = mmpose.__version__
+    env_info['MMPose'] = (mmpose.__version__ + '+' + get_short_git_hash())
     return env_info
 
 
diff --git a/mmpose/version.py b/mmpose/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2be22b6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmpose/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) Open-MMLab. All rights reserved.
+from mmcv import parse_version_info
+
+__version__ = '0.6.0'
+short_version = __version__
+
+version_info = parse_version_info(__version__)
diff --git a/requirements/readthedocs.txt b/requirements/readthedocs.txt
index 0542bfce6d..00d77ea23d 100644
--- a/requirements/readthedocs.txt
+++ b/requirements/readthedocs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-mmcv
+mmcv>=1.1.1
 torch
 torchvision
diff --git a/requirements/runtime.txt b/requirements/runtime.txt
index 61ecaffa2d..f8a54b18af 100644
--- a/requirements/runtime.txt
+++ b/requirements/runtime.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 json_tricks
 matplotlib
-mmcv
+mmcv>=1.1.1
 munkres
 numpy
 opencv-python
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e7f022655c..e891c203f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-import time
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 
@@ -13,67 +10,6 @@ def readme():
 version_file = 'mmpose/version.py'
 
 
-def get_git_hash():
-
-    def _minimal_ext_cmd(cmd):
-        # construct minimal environment
-        env = {}
-        for k in ['SYSTEMROOT', 'PATH', 'HOME']:
-            v = os.environ.get(k)
-            if v is not None:
-                env[k] = v
-        # LANGUAGE is used on win32
-        env['LANGUAGE'] = 'C'
-        env['LANG'] = 'C'
-        env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
-        out = subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=env).communicate()[0]
-        return out
-
-    try:
-        out = _minimal_ext_cmd(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
-        sha = out.strip().decode('ascii')
-    except OSError:
-        sha = 'unknown'
-
-    return sha
-
-
-def get_hash():
-    if os.path.exists('.git'):
-        sha = get_git_hash()[:7]
-    elif os.path.exists(version_file):
-        try:
-            from mmpose.version import __version__
-            sha = __version__.split('+')[-1]
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError('Unable to get git version')
-    else:
-        sha = 'unknown'
-
-    return sha
-
-
-def write_version_py():
-    content = """# GENERATED VERSION FILE
-# TIME: {}
-__version__ = '{}'
-short_version = '{}'
-version_info = ({})
-"""
-    sha = get_hash()
-    with open('mmpose/VERSION', 'r') as f:
-        SHORT_VERSION = f.read().strip()
-    VERSION_INFO = ', '.join(
-        [x if x.isdigit() else f'"{x}"' for x in SHORT_VERSION.split('.')])
-    VERSION = SHORT_VERSION + '+' + sha
-
-    version_file_str = content.format(time.asctime(), VERSION, SHORT_VERSION,
-                                      VERSION_INFO)
-    with open(version_file, 'w') as f:
-        f.write(version_file_str)
-
-
 def get_version():
     with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
         exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, 'exec'))
@@ -164,7 +100,6 @@ def gen_packages_items():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    write_version_py()
     setup(
         name='mmpose',
         version=get_version(),
@@ -172,6 +107,7 @@ def gen_packages_items():
         maintainer='MMPose Authors',
         maintainer_email='openmmlab@gmail.com',
         long_description=readme(),
+        long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
         packages=find_packages(exclude=('configs', 'tools', 'demo')),
         package_data={'mmpose.ops': ['*/*.so']},
         classifiers=[
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 6713c58d6a..7057dbedb0 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 def test_collect_env():
     env_info = collect_env()
-
     assert env_info['PyTorch'] == torch.__version__
     assert env_info['TorchVision'] == torchvision.__version__
     assert env_info['OpenCV'] == cv2.__version__
     assert env_info['MMCV'] == mmcv.__version__
-    assert env_info['MMPose'] == mmpose.__version__
+    assert '+' in env_info['MMPose']
+    assert mmpose.__version__ in env_info['MMPose']
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index 95fb2c362d..28dcdcaddd 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ def test_version():
     version = mmpose.__version__
     assert isinstance(version, str)
     assert isinstance(mmpose.short_version, str)
-    assert mmpose.short_version in version and '+' in version
+    assert mmpose.short_version in version
diff --git a/tools/train.py b/tools/train.py
index 40f8b01d2a..7b9fcc4912 100644
--- a/tools/train.py
+++ b/tools/train.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from mmpose.apis import train_model
 from mmpose.datasets import build_dataset
 from mmpose.models import build_posenet
-from mmpose.utils import collect_env, get_root_logger
+from mmpose.utils import collect_env, get_root_logger, get_short_git_hash
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def main():
         # save mmpose version, config file content
         # checkpoints as meta data
         cfg.checkpoint_config.meta = dict(
-            mmpose_version=__version__,
+            mmpose_version=__version__ + get_short_git_hash(),
             config=cfg.pretty_text,
         )
     train_model(