diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0b64629..8dd9514 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ mccabe = ">=0.7.0,<0.8.0"
 pycodestyle = ">=2.10.0,<2.11.0"
 pyflakes = ">=3.0.0,<3.1.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-metadata"
+version = "6.3.0"
+description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8f8bd2af397cf33bd344d35cfe7f489219b7d14fc79a3f854b75b8417e9226b0"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:23c2bcae4762dfb0bbe072d358faec24957901d75b6c4ab11172c0c982532402"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.6.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+zipp = ">=0.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+perf = ["ipython"]
+testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mccabe"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -115,7 +136,35 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:68fb519c14306fec9720a2a5b45bc9f0c8d1b9c72adf45c37baedfcd949c35a2"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.5.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fb33085c39dd998ac16d1431ebc293a8b3eedd00fd4a32de0ff79002c19511b4"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5cb5f4a79139d699607b3ef622a1dedafa84e115ab0024e0d9c044a9479ca7cb"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zipp"
+version = "3.15.0"
+description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "zipp-3.15.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:48904fc76a60e542af151aded95726c1a5c34ed43ab4134b597665c86d7ad556"},
+    {file = "zipp-3.15.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:112929ad649da941c23de50f356a2b5570c954b65150642bccdd66bf194d224b"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+testing = ["big-O", "flake8 (<5)", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
-content-hash = "187449417a784f6e4f264950fd300155b3e95a6b4146d6032952a75023ea618a"
+content-hash = "0037e8eae60a2bc3886b57de2710b24f7d93455dd13f07a97a2fde02ee18a887"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba8bd04..7b86b75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Download = "https://pypi.org/project/yamllint/#files"
 python = ">=3.7"
 pathspec = ">=0.5.3"
 pyyaml = ">=6.0"
+importlib-metadata = { version = ">=4.10.0", python = "<3.8" }
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 flake8 = {version = ">=6.0.0", python = ">=3.8.1"}
diff --git a/yamllint/__init__.py b/yamllint/__init__.py
index e7c900d..26f1de1 100644
--- a/yamllint/__init__.py
+++ b/yamllint/__init__.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ yamllint does not only check for syntax validity, but for weirdnesses like key
 repetition and cosmetic problems such as lines length, trailing spaces,
 indentation, etc."""
 
+from importlib import metadata
 
 APP_NAME = 'yamllint'
-APP_VERSION = '1.30.0'
 APP_DESCRIPTION = __doc__
 
 __author__ = 'Adrien Vergé'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2022, Adrien Vergé'
 __license__ = 'GPLv3'
-__version__ = APP_VERSION
+__version__ = metadata.version('yamllint')