diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/__init__.py b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/__init__.py
index 2092ac8ac45b6..e5161f4050cd6 100644
--- a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/__init__.py
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from dagster._core.libraries import DagsterLibraryRegistry
 
-# Move back to version.py and edit setup.py once we are ready to publish.
-__version__ = "1!0+dev"
-
+from .version import __version__ as __version__
 
 DagsterLibraryRegistry.register("dagster-looker", __version__)
diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/version.py b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe3fd8a8248b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/dagster_looker/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "1!0+dev"
diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/setup.py b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/setup.py
index 5a08b303f92d2..18b6a6247e40d 100644
--- a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/setup.py
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-looker/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict
+
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 
 def get_version() -> str:
-    return "1!0+dev"
+    version: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    with open(Path(__file__).parent / "dagster_looker/version.py", encoding="utf8") as fp:
+        exec(fp.read(), version)
+
+    return version["__version__"]
 
 
 ver = get_version()