diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99821ecd3..7b3536876 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 [project]
 # Check https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pyproject_toml.html for all available sections
 name = "ansys-sphinx-theme"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "0.12.dev0"
 description = "A theme devised by ANSYS, Inc. for Sphinx documentation."
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.8,<4"
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "Sphinx>=4.2.0",
     "pydata-sphinx-theme==0.13.3",
     "Jinja2>=3.1.2",
+    "importlib-metadata>=4.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/__init__.py b/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
index af996385b..4e20f22fe 100644
--- a/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 from ansys_sphinx_theme.extension.linkcode import DOMAIN_KEYS, sphinx_linkcode_resolve
 from ansys_sphinx_theme.latex import generate_404  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "0.11.dev0"
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
+    import importlib_metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__name__.replace(".", "-"))
 
 
 # Declare the fundamental paths of the theme