diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 33e8561..8fc8bdd 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-metadata"
+version = "7.1.0"
+description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:30962b96c0c223483ed6cc7280e7f0199feb01a0e40cfae4d4450fc6fab1f570"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b78938b926ee8d5f020fc4772d487045805a55ddbad2ecf21c6d60938dc7fcd2"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+zipp = ">=0.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+perf = ["ipython"]
+testing = ["flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "jaraco.test (>=5.4)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-mypy", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iniconfig"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -132,7 +151,22 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8cbcdc8606ebcb0d95453ad7dc5065e6237b6aa230a31e81d0f440c30fed5fd8"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zipp"
+version = "3.18.2"
+description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "zipp-3.18.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dce197b859eb796242b0622af1b8beb0a722d52aa2f57133ead08edd5bf5374e"},
+    {file = "zipp-3.18.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6278d9ddbcfb1f1089a88fde84481528b07b0e10474e09dcfe53dad4069fa059"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "jaraco.test", "more-itertools", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-ignore-flaky", "pytest-mypy", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "a5047dc47cbd5b93bb42e75640ef8d64932f22ad168bf26d58ab1cb1d8b5b75c"
+content-hash = "af152b59d34c5faaf33c888dcaea9263b26a7ebf992e5f6b3addb89ec9fb279b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13e1c8e..5b13183 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ thread = "thread.__main__:app"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
 typing-extensions = "^4.9.0"
-
+importlib-metadata = { version = ">=4.4", python = "<3.10" }
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.4.3"
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 6a79578..3367e1b 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ docstring-quotes = "double"
 # Ignore `E402` (import violations) in all `__init__.py` files, and in select subdirectories.
 [lint.per-file-ignores]
 "__init__.py" = ["E402", "F401"]
+"__version__.py" = ["F401"]
 "**/__init__.py" = ["E402", "F401"]
 "**/{tests,docs,tools}/*" = ["E402"]
diff --git a/src/thread/__init__.py b/src/thread/__init__.py
index fefb683..9d4f14f 100644
--- a/src/thread/__init__.py
+++ b/src/thread/__init__.py
@@ -17,25 +17,20 @@
 ```
 """
 
+from .version import __version__
 
-__version__ = '2.0.1'
-
-
-# Export Core
-from .thread import Thread, ConcurrentProcessing
-
-
-from . import _types as types, exceptions
-
+from . import _types as types
+from . import exceptions
 
 # Export decorators
-from .decorators import threaded, processor
+from .decorators import processor, threaded
 
+# Export Core
+from .thread import ConcurrentProcessing, Thread
 
 # Configuration
 from .utils import Settings
 
-
 # Wildcard Export
 __all__ = [
     'Thread',
diff --git a/src/thread/__version__.py b/src/thread/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58f3ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .version import __version__
diff --git a/src/thread/utils/meta.py b/src/thread/utils/meta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b97b851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread/utils/meta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import sys
+
+# compatibility for python <3.10
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+else:
+    from importlib import metadata
+
+__all__ = ['metadata']
diff --git a/src/thread/version.py b/src/thread/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c902f7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from .utils.meta import metadata
+
+__version__ = metadata.version('thread')
+__all__ = ['__version__']
diff --git a/tests/library/test_version.py b/tests/library/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa2b34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/library/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import re
+import thread
+
+
+def test_versionIsString():
+    assert isinstance(thread.__version__, str), 'thread.__version__ is not a string'
+
+
+def test_versionIsSemVer():
+    assert re.match(
+        r'^\d+\.\d+\..+$', thread.__version__
+    ), 'thread.__version__ is not a semver'