diff --git a/pymkv/__init__.py b/pymkv/__init__.py
index f82a1dc..c141432 100644
--- a/pymkv/__init__.py
+++ b/pymkv/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # set the version number within the package using importlib
 try:
-    __version__: str | None = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
+    __version__: str | None = importlib.metadata.version("pymkv2")
 except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     __version__ = None