diff --git a/src/unitxt/__init__.py b/src/unitxt/__init__.py
index 32acc90a8..21b7670e4 100644
--- a/src/unitxt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/unitxt/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 from .catalog import add_to_catalog
 from .load import load_dataset
 from .register import register_all_artifacts, register_local_catalog
+from .version import version
+
+__version__ = version
 
 register_all_artifacts()
 random.seed(0)