diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a50ef20..bb1dd00 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "chronos-forecasting"
-version = "1.5.3"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 authors = [
   { name = "Abdul Fatir Ansari", email = "ansarnd@amazon.com" },
   { name = "Lorenzo Stella", email = "stellalo@amazon.com" },
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/chronos"]
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/chronos/__about__.py"
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest~=8.0", "numpy>=1.21,<3", "fev>=0.6.1", "pandas>=2.0,<2.4"]
 typecheck = ["mypy~=1.9"]
diff --git a/src/chronos/__about__.py b/src/chronos/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cda2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chronos/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "2.0.0rc1"
diff --git a/src/chronos/__init__.py b/src/chronos/__init__.py
index b89be4d..75d0bfb 100644
--- a/src/chronos/__init__.py
+++ b/src/chronos/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+from .__about__ import __version__
 from .base import BaseChronosPipeline, ForecastType
 from .chronos import (
     ChronosConfig,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from .chronos2 import Chronos2ForecastingConfig, Chronos2Model, Chronos2Pipeline
 from .chronos_bolt import ChronosBoltConfig, ChronosBoltPipeline
 
 __all__ = [
+    "__version__",
     "BaseChronosPipeline",
     "ForecastType",
     "ChronosConfig",