diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
index 6609e7a..801e498 100644
--- a/.release-please-config.json
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       "package-name": "otdf-python",
       "extra-files": [
         "pyproject.toml",
-        "src/otdf_python/cli.py",
         {
           "path": "uv.lock",
           "type": "toml",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f2ed58..c736464 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@
 * release 0.3.0a10 ([3bb4283](https://github.com/b-long/opentdf-python-sdk/commit/3bb42837fa9547273023859db48c4e4f69325273))
 * release 0.3.0a11 ([ce8a520](https://github.com/b-long/opentdf-python-sdk/commit/ce8a52064969aa5e27876c4454d2e32b42a36f5b))
 * release 0.3.1 ([c1395b1](https://github.com/b-long/opentdf-python-sdk/commit/c1395b1ff6bf02ffb24f20e7d45ca0869ae033f5))
-
diff --git a/otdf-python-proto/src/otdf_python_proto/__init__.py b/otdf-python-proto/src/otdf_python_proto/__init__.py
index 123e171..7e24e49 100644
--- a/otdf-python-proto/src/otdf_python_proto/__init__.py
+++ b/otdf-python-proto/src/otdf_python_proto/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 It includes modules for authorization, common types, entities, policy management,
 and other OpenTDF services.
 """
+from importlib import metadata
 
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version("otdf-python-proto")
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed, e.g., in development
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
 
 # Import submodules to make them available
 from . import authorization
diff --git a/src/otdf_python/cli.py b/src/otdf_python/cli.py
index 5ef1c93..3c99be3 100644
--- a/src/otdf_python/cli.py
+++ b/src/otdf_python/cli.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 from dataclasses import asdict
+from importlib import metadata
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@
 from otdf_python.sdk_exceptions import SDKException
 from otdf_python.tdf import TDFReaderConfig
 
-# Version - get from project metadata
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version("otdf-python")
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed, e.g., in development
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
 
 
 # Set up logging
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 60e31ca..abd8cc3 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ def test_cli_version(project_root):
             pyproject = tomllib.load(f)
         expected_version = pyproject["project"]["version"]
 
-    assert expected_version in result.stdout
+    assert (
+        expected_version in result.stdout or "0.0.0" in result.stdout
+    )  # allow for dev version
 
 
 def test_cli_encrypt_help(project_root):