diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d91a54c7d439e84e3dd17d3594f1b2b6737f430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ecabee14dfd165c624852010fcd339514988381..d98c59d0fc85e8d3b4285425d5be28545c0621fc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ install_requires = requirements("requirements.txt")
 
 setup(
     name="Nerval",
-    version=0.3,
+    version=open("VERSION").read(),
     description="Tool to evaluate NER on noisy text.",
     author="Teklia",
     author_email="bmiret@teklia.com",