diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b84f998..a51a548 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Notable changes to this project.
 
 
+## [2.23.1] - 2026-04-23
+- fix package version lookup
+
+
 ## [2.22.0] - 2026-01-05
 -- added `get_leaderboard` for crypto tournament
 
diff --git a/numerapi/__init__.py b/numerapi/__init__.py
index 43feabe..56a08c1 100644
--- a/numerapi/__init__.py
+++ b/numerapi/__init__.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 try:
-    __version__ = version("package-name")
+    __version__ = version("numerapi")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = 'unknown'
+    __version__ = "unknown"
 
 
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8267d33..86ce77f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def load(path):
     return open(path, "r").read()
 
 
-numerapi_version = "2.23.0"
+numerapi_version = "2.23.1"
 
 
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index e51ff7e..b2b222f 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import importlib
+import importlib.metadata
 import os
 import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+import numerapi
 from numerapi import cli
 
 
@@ -117,3 +120,19 @@ def test_version():
     result = CliRunner().invoke(cli.version)
     # just testing if calling works fine
     assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+
+def test_version_uses_numerapi_distribution_name(monkeypatch):
+    called_package_names = []
+
+    def mock_version(package_name):
+        called_package_names.append(package_name)
+        return "2.23.1"
+
+    with monkeypatch.context() as context:
+        context.setattr(importlib.metadata, "version", mock_version)
+        importlib.reload(numerapi)
+        assert called_package_names == ["numerapi"]
+        assert numerapi.__version__ == "2.23.1"
+
+    importlib.reload(numerapi)