diff --git a/activity_browser/info.py b/activity_browser/info.py
index 8c8388e18..e8aa9a416 100644
--- a/activity_browser/info.py
+++ b/activity_browser/info.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-__version__ = "2.6.3"
-__version_info__ = (2, 6, 3)
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version(__package__)
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf9bed815..2ec918454 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@
             pkg = pkg.replace(os.path.altsep, '.')
         packages.append(pkg)
 
+if 'VERSION' in os.environ:
+    version = os.environ['VERSION']
+else:
+    version = os.environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '0.0.0')
+
 setup(
     name='activity-browser',
-    version="2.6.3",
+    version=version,
     packages=packages,
     include_package_data=True,
     author="Bernhard Steubing",