diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c10d9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[bumpversion]
+commit = True
+tag = True
+current_version = 1.13.0
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+
diff --git a/amodem/__main__.py b/amodem/__main__.py
index caee8f0..761f088 100644
--- a/amodem/__main__.py
+++ b/amodem/__main__.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import os
 import sys
 import zlib
 
+import pkg_resources
+
 from . import async
 from . import audio
 from . import calib
 from . import main
-from . import version
 from .config import bitrates
 
 
@@ -193,11 +194,15 @@ class _Dummy(object):
         pass
 
 
+def _version():
+    return pkg_resources.require('amodem')[0].version
+
+
 def _main():
     fmt = ('Audio OFDM MODEM v{0:s}: '
            '{1:.1f} kb/s ({2:d}-QAM x {3:d} carriers) '
            'Fs={4:.1f} kHz')
-    description = fmt.format(version.__doc__,
+    description = fmt.format(_version(),
                              config.modem_bps / 1e3, len(config.symbols),
                              config.Nfreq, config.Fs / 1e3)
     interface = None
diff --git a/amodem/version.py b/amodem/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eecd80..0000000
--- a/amodem/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-'1.13'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7eaae28..50f0d8d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
-import os
-import ast
-
-def parse_vesrion():
-    cwd = os.path.dirname(__name__)
-    version_file = os.path.join(cwd, 'amodem', 'version.py')
-
-    tree = ast.parse(open(version_file).read())
-    expr, = tree.body
-    return expr.value.s
-
 class PyTest(TestCommand):
 
     def finalize_options(self):
@@ -26,7 +15,7 @@ class PyTest(TestCommand):
 
 setup(
     name='amodem',
-    version=parse_vesrion(),
+    version='1.13.0',
     description='Audio Modem Communication Library',
     author='Roman Zeyde',
     author_email='roman.zeyde@gmail.com',