diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a78c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.0.0
+commit = True
+tag = False
+parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
+serialize = 
+	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+search = version='{current_version}'
+replace = version='{new_version}'
+
+[bumpversion:file:redisai/__init__.py]
+search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
+replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
+
+[bumpversion:file:docs/conf.py]
+search = release = '{current_version}'
+replace = release = '{new_version}'
+
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c5018bb..e137356 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import redisai
-
 project = 'redisai-py'
 copyright = '2020, RedisLabs'
 author = 'RedisLabs'
-release = redisai.__version__
+release = '1.0.0'
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
               'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
diff --git a/redisai/__init__.py b/redisai/__init__.py
index 05e5e6c..876a974 100644
--- a/redisai/__init__.py
+++ b/redisai/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-from .version import __version__
 from .client import Client
+
+__version__ = '1.0.0'
diff --git a/redisai/version.py b/redisai/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 23bc90e..0000000
--- a/redisai/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Store the version here so:
-# 1) we don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
-# 2) we can import it in setup.py for the same reason
-# 3) we can import it into your module module
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c9a277..f6f651e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-try:
-    exec(open('redisai/version.py', encoding='utf-8').read())
-except TypeError:
-    exec(open('redisai/version.py').read())
 
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-
 setup(
     name='redisai',
-    version=__version__,  # comes from redisai/version.py
+    version='1.0.0',
     description='RedisAI Python Client',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',