diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/version.py b/aries_cloudagent/version.py
index 3f6ddad918..e345df8f6c 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/version.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 """Library version information."""
 
-__version__ = "0.10.1"
+try:
+    import tomlib
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    import tomli as tomlib
+
+with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as pyproject_file:
+    pyproject = tomlib.load(pyproject_file)
+
+__version__ = pyproject["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
 RECORD_TYPE_ACAPY_VERSION = "acapy_version"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 1aaad7392c..4adbb81fa9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2847,4 +2847,4 @@ indy = ["python3-indy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "fc9e090bc514183ff4558d42ee83e673d8af0ceefe7f4f7b66623b1ebf5a785e"
+content-hash = "5e719a0bcae36c781f9c561f8bbd674898ea5aead846904f995d5497abac6261"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 98c48a09dc..99592e8958 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aries_cloudagent"
-version = "0.10.0-rc0"
-description = ""
+version = "0.10.1"
+description = "Hyperledger Aries Cloud Agent Python (ACA-Py) is a foundation for building decentralized identity applications and services running in non-mobile environments. "
 authors = ["Hyperledger Aries <aries@lists.hyperledger.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ unflatten="~0.1"
 asyncpg = ">=0.25.0,<0.26.0"
 web-py = ">=0.62,<1.0"
 pygments = ">=2.10,<3.0"
+tomli = {version = "^2.0.1", python = "<3.11"}
 
 # askar
 aries-askar= { version = "~0.2.5", optional = true }