diff --git a/deepface/DeepFace.py b/deepface/DeepFace.py
index a61702a..b9fe211 100644
--- a/deepface/DeepFace.py
+++ b/deepface/DeepFace.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from deepface.modules import (
     detection,
     realtime,
 )
+from deepface import __version__
 
 logger = Logger(module="DeepFace")
 
diff --git a/deepface/__init__.py b/deepface/__init__.py
index e69de29..0db49b7 100644
--- a/deepface/__init__.py
+++ b/deepface/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.0.85"
diff --git a/package_info.json b/package_info.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f4bc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package_info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.0.85"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c70375..f56a292 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import setuptools
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
@@ -6,16 +7,19 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     requirements = f.read().split("\n")
 
+with open("package_info.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    package_info = json.load(f)
+
 setuptools.setup(
     name="deepface",
-    version="0.0.85",
+    version=package_info["version"],
     author="Sefik Ilkin Serengil",
     author_email="serengil@gmail.com",
     description=(
         "A Lightweight Face Recognition and Facial Attribute Analysis Framework"
         " (Age, Gender, Emotion, Race) for Python"
     ),
-    data_files=[("", ["README.md", "requirements.txt"])],
+    data_files=[("", ["README.md", "requirements.txt", "package_info.json"])],
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/serengil/deepface",
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4aa169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import json
+from deepface import DeepFace
+
+
+def test_version():
+    with open("../package_info.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        package_info = json.load(f)
+
+    assert DeepFace.__version__ == package_info["version"]