diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+prune src/nectarchain/_dev_version
+prune .github
+exclude .gitignore
+
+global-exclude *.pyc *.o
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diff --git a/src/nectarchain/__init__.py b/src/nectarchain/__init__.py
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+from .version import __version__
+
+__all__ = ['__version__']
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diff --git a/src/nectarchain/tests/test_version.py b/src/nectarchain/tests/test_version.py
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+def test_version():
+    from nectarchain import __version__
+
+    assert __version__ != '0.0.0'
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