diff --git a/src/bsdd/__about__.py b/src/bsdd/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d957c2e840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bsdd/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present jgunstone <j.gunstone@maxfordham.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+__version__ = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml b/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml
index 8835cd4509..72683258eb 100644
--- a/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Documentation = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/src/bsdd#readme"
 Issues = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/issues"
 Source = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/src/bsdd"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "__about__.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 dependencies = [