diff --git a/evals/version.py b/evals/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48889783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evals/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+__version__ = "1.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c2ab91b..0b565187 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import re
+
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+try:
+    filepath = "./evals/version.py"
+    with open(filepath) as version_file:
+        (__version__,) = re.findall('__version__ = "(.*)"', version_file.read())
+except Exception as error:
+    assert False, "Error: Could not open '%s' due %s\n" % (filepath, error)
+
 setup(
     name="opea-eval",
-    version="1.0",
+    version=__version__,
     author="Intel AISE AIPC Team",
     author_email="haihao.shen@intel.com, feng.tian@intel.com, chang1.wang@intel.com, kaokao.lv@intel.com",
     description="Evaluation and benchmark for Generative AI",