diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db688bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include pyatlan/version.txt
diff --git a/check_tag.py b/check_tag.py
index 16c6f2775..e19d4d75a 100644
--- a/check_tag.py
+++ b/check_tag.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def read(file_name):
 def main(env_var="GITHUB_REF") -> int:
     git_ref = os.getenv(env_var, "none")
     tag = re.sub("^refs/tags/v*", "", git_ref.lower())
-    version = read("version.txt").strip()
+    version = read("pyatlan/version.txt").strip()
     if tag == version:
         return 0
     else:
diff --git a/version.txt b/pyatlan/version.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from version.txt
rename to pyatlan/version.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a785d29d1..80fa3b94d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def read(file_name):
 
 setup(
     name="pyatlan",
-    version=read("version.txt"),
+    version=read("pyatlan/version.txt"),
     author="Atlan Technologies Pvt Ltd",
     author_email="engineering@atlan.com",
     description="Atlan Python Client",