diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0a6d803..422de63 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 include CHANGES.rst
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
+include VERSION.txt
 include tox.ini
-include dev-requirements.in
-include dev-requirements.txt
 include requirements.in
 include requirements.txt
 include .pylintrc
-include .travis.yml
 
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include src/crcengine/templates *
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da7d514..5c72eaf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ install: clean ## install the package to the active Python's site-packages
 
 UPDATE_REQS=pip-compile -q -U --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
 
-.PHONY: update-requirements
-update-requirements: ## Update dependencies in requirements.txt
+.PHONY: update-deps
+update-deps: ## Update dependencies in requirements.txt
 	$(call UPDATE_REQS)
 
 requirements.txt: requirements.in
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0223957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.3.2a1
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index bf519f9..a9ccaab 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 wheel>=0.26
 build
+importlib-metadata
 jinja2
+packaging
 pip-tools
 Pygments # needed for the docs
 pytest>=3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3c79ba0..b8e63d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -49,10 +49,17 @@ idna==2.10
     # via requests
 imagesize==1.2.0
     # via sphinx
-importlib-metadata==3.10.0
+importlib-metadata==3.6.0
     # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   build
     #   keyring
+    #   pep517
+    #   pluggy
+    #   pytest
+    #   tox
     #   twine
+    #   virtualenv
 iniconfig==1.1.1
     # via pytest
 isort==5.8.0
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ mccabe==0.6.1
     # via pylint
 packaging==20.9
     # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
     #   bleach
     #   build
     #   pytest
@@ -153,10 +161,14 @@ toml==0.10.2
     #   tox
 tox==3.23.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-tqdm==4.59.0
+tqdm==4.60.0
     # via twine
 twine==3.4.1
     # via -r requirements.in
+typed-ast==1.4.2
+    # via astroid
+typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
+    # via importlib-metadata
 urllib3==1.26.4
     # via requests
 virtualenv==20.4.3
@@ -168,7 +180,9 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 wrapt==1.12.1
     # via astroid
 zipp==3.4.1
-    # via importlib-metadata
+    # via
+    #   importlib-metadata
+    #   pep517
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7659ea9..5463c6f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ long_description  = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
 keywords = crcengine crc cyclic redundancy check checksum code-generation Castagnoli CRC32 CRC16-CCITT
 url = https://github.com/GardenTools/crcengine
-version = attr: crcengine.version.__version__
+version = file: VERSION.txt
 project_urls =
     Changelog = https://github.com/GardenTools/CrcEngine/blob/master/CHANGES.rst
     Documentation = https://crcengine.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ package_dir =
 packages =
     crcengine
 install_requires =
+    importlib-metadata>=3.6
     jinja2>=2.7
 
 [options.entry_points]
diff --git a/src/crcengine/__init__.py b/src/crcengine/__init__.py
index dd1ed02..15f0c88 100644
--- a/src/crcengine/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crcengine/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with crcengine.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+import importlib_metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version('crcengine')
 
 from .algorithms import (
     AlgorithmNotFoundError,
@@ -36,5 +39,5 @@
     get_bits_max_value,
     new,
 )
-from .codegen import generate_code, generate_test
-from .version import __version__
+from crcengine.codegen import generate_code, generate_test
+
diff --git a/src/crcengine/codegen.py b/src/crcengine/codegen.py
index 400a88a..c936534 100644
--- a/src/crcengine/codegen.py
+++ b/src/crcengine/codegen.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 from .algorithms import get_algorithm_params
 from .calc import create_lsb_table, create_msb_table
-from .version import __version__ as crcengine_version
+from crcengine import __version__ as crcengine_version
 
 # Generated file information
 _GenFile = namedtuple("GenFile", ["template", "output"])
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 18b1d83..a14cf58 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
 def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     # If a test has the needs_ceedling marker and no-ceedling has been specified
     # mark it as a skipped test
-    print("beep")
     if config.getoption("--no-ceedling"):
         print("no ceedling")
         skip_ceedling = pytest.mark.skip(reason="--no-ceedling specified")
diff --git a/tests/test_crcengine.py b/tests/test_crcengine.py
index 00c15f5..b741b95 100644
--- a/tests/test_crcengine.py
+++ b/tests/test_crcengine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for the crcengine module"""
+"""Unit tests for the calc module"""
 # This file is part of crcengine.
 #
 # crcengine is free software: you can redistribute it an d /or modify
@@ -210,3 +210,4 @@ def test_custom_algorithm():
     assert "mycrc8" not in crcengine.algorithms_available()
     with pytest.raises(crcengine.AlgorithmNotFoundError):
         crcengine.get_algorithm_params("mycrc8")
+
diff --git a/src/crcengine/version.py b/tests/test_version.py
similarity index 66%
rename from src/crcengine/version.py
rename to tests/test_version.py
index 3bde636..50d11b4 100644
--- a/src/crcengine/version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-"""
-CrcEngine package version number definition
-"""
-# This file is part of CrcEngine, a python library for CRC calculation
-#
-# Copyright 2021 Garden Tools software
+"""Unit tests for version number reporting"""
+# This file is part of crcengine.
 #
 # crcengine is free software: you can redistribute it an d /or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,4 +14,13 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with crcengine.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-__version__ = "0.3.2a1"
+import packaging.version
+
+import crcengine
+
+def test_version():
+    pkg_ver = packaging.version.parse(crcengine.__version__)
+    ref_ver = packaging.version.parse("0.3.0")
+    print(pkg_ver)
+    print(ref_ver)
+    assert pkg_ver > ref_ver