diff --git a/tap_snowflake/tap.py b/tap_snowflake/tap.py
index 80d811e..e6dbd72 100644
--- a/tap_snowflake/tap.py
+++ b/tap_snowflake/tap.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 """Snowflake tap class."""
 
+
+import collections
+from typing import List, Mapping
+
 from singer_sdk import SQLTap
 from singer_sdk import typing as th  # JSON schema typing helpers
 from singer_sdk.helpers._classproperty import classproperty
@@ -8,6 +12,15 @@
 from tap_snowflake.client import SnowflakeStream
 
 
+# Introduced in python 3.10, added here for compatability
+def packages_distributions() -> Mapping[str, List[str]]:
+    pkg_to_dist = collections.defaultdict(list)
+    for dist in metadata.distributions():
+        for pkg in (dist.read_text("top_level.txt") or "").split():
+            pkg_to_dist[pkg].append(dist.metadata["Name"])
+    return dict(pkg_to_dist)
+
+
 class TapSnowflake(SQLTap):
     """Snowflake tap class."""
 
@@ -65,10 +78,17 @@ def plugin_version(cls) -> str:
         Returns:
             The package version number.
         """
-        try:
-            version = metadata.version(cls.package_name or cls.name)
-        except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-            version = "[could not be detected]"
+        # try to discover distribution version
+        distribution_map = packages_distributions()
+        distribution = distribution_map.get(cls.name.replace("-", "_"), [None])[0]
+        if distribution:
+            version = metadata.version(distribution)
+        else:
+            # try to discover module version
+            try:
+                version = metadata.version(cls.name)
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                version = "[could not be detected]"
         return version