diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/__init__.py b/src/backend/langflow/__init__.py
index 17b1d940c..9b80c2ea7 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/__init__.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+from importlib import metadata
 from langflow.cache import cache_manager
 from langflow.processing.process import load_flow_from_json
 
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version(__package__)
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    # Case where package metadata is not available.
+    __version__ = ""
+del metadata  # optional, avoids polluting the results of dir(__package__)
+
 __all__ = ["load_flow_from_json", "cache_manager"]
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
index 1e9b0deb1..0427eb291 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ async def get_load(predict_request: PredictRequest):
 # get endpoint to return version of langflow
 @router.get("/version")
 def get_version():
-    return {"version": version("langflow")}
+    from langflow import __version__
+
+    return {"version": __version__}