diff --git a/changelog.d/version-from-metadata.fixed.md b/changelog.d/version-from-metadata.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9a36fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/version-from-metadata.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed `microimpute.__version__` reporting 1.1.2 while the package was at 3.1.1, by reading the version from installed package metadata.
diff --git a/microimpute/__init__.py b/microimpute/__init__.py
index 2667c7ef..14cf862e 100644
--- a/microimpute/__init__.py
+++ b/microimpute/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
     - Visualization: performance and comparison plots
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.1.2"
+try:  # Python 3.8+
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version as _version
+
+    __version__ = _version("microimpute")
+except PackageNotFoundError:  # running from a source tree without an install
+    __version__ = "unknown"
 
 # Import automated imputation
 from microimpute.comparisons.autoimpute import AutoImputeResult, autoimpute