diff --git a/causalpy/version.py b/causalpy/version.py
index b1a19e32..034f46c3 100644
--- a/causalpy/version.py
+++ b/causalpy/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.5"
+__version__ = "0.0.6"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2b606a9d..a3b50e49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 README_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "README.md")
 VERSION_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "causalpy", "version.py")
 REQUIREMENTS_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "requirements.txt")
-TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "requirements-test.txt")
 
 
 def get_long_description():
@@ -14,18 +13,15 @@ def get_long_description():
         return f.read()
 
 
-with open(VERSION_FILE) as f:
-    version = f.read().split("=")[-1].strip().strip('"')
+# get version
+exec(open("causalpy/version.py").read())
 
 with open(REQUIREMENTS_FILE) as f:
     install_reqs = f.read().splitlines()
 
-with open(TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE) as f:
-    tests_reqs = f.read().splitlines()
-
 setup(
     name="CausalPy",
-    version=version,
+    version=__version__,
     description="Causal inference for quasi-experiments in Python",
     long_description=get_long_description(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -36,5 +32,5 @@ def get_long_description():
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     maintainer="Benjamin T. Vincent",
     install_requires=install_reqs,
-    tests_require=tests_reqs,
+    # tests_require=test_reqs,
 )