diff --git a/source/tomopy/__init__.py b/source/tomopy/__init__.py
index 7cee1901f..09d084e92 100644
--- a/source/tomopy/__init__.py
+++ b/source/tomopy/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 try:
-    __version__ = version("package-name")
+    __version__ = version("tomopy")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     pass