diff --git a/pygeofilter/__init__.py b/pygeofilter/__init__.py
index d53f176..63a232c 100644
--- a/pygeofilter/__init__.py
+++ b/pygeofilter/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__version__ = "0.2.4"
+from .version import __version__
+
+
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/pygeofilter/version.py b/pygeofilter/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..788da1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygeofilter/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3e4e121..6cab6ff 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
-version = attr: pygeofilter.__version__
+version = attr: pygeofilter.version.__version__
 
 ######################################################
 # code formating / lint / type checking configurations