diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/_version.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/_version.py
index 897674146aa..b57eea8cd9f 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/_version.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/_version.py
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 On the ``main`` branch, use 'dev0' to denote a development version.
 For example:
 
+# major, minor, patch
 version_info = 0, 58, 'dev0'
 
 """
 
-# major, minor, patch
-version_info = 0, 60, "dev0"
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
+    import importlib_metadata
 
-# Nice string for the version
-__version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
+# Read from the pyproject.toml
+# major, minor, patch
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version("ansys-mapdl-core")
diff --git a/tests/test_mapdl.py b/tests/test_mapdl.py
index 04f8f9c48c3..352d45e5db5 100644
--- a/tests/test_mapdl.py
+++ b/tests/test_mapdl.py
@@ -247,7 +247,20 @@ def test_str(mapdl):
 
 
 def test_version(mapdl):
-    assert isinstance(mapdl.version, float)
+    assert isinstance(mapdl.version, float)  # Checking MAPDL version
+    assert 20.0 < mapdl.version < 24.0  # Some upper bound.
+
+
+def test_pymapdl_version():
+    from ansys.mapdl.core._version import __version__ as pymapdl_version
+
+    assert isinstance(pymapdl_version, str)
+    version_ = pymapdl_version.split(".")
+
+    assert len(version_) == 3
+    assert version_[0].isnumeric()
+    assert version_[1].isnumeric()
+    assert version_[2].isnumeric() or "dev" in version_[2]
 
 
 def test_comment(cleared, mapdl):