diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index ba7730be7dd1e509ec9c3dd47bcfd41f78739a23..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.0.0-alpha1-dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/aura_engine/engine.py b/src/aura_engine/engine.py
index 61d0ff24a3b6cf680a92bf8200492ce77b22d28b..c77f4d36862dbaf78e0c603f0acf5187094d776d 100644
--- a/src/aura_engine/engine.py
+++ b/src/aura_engine/engine.py
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ The Engine.
 
 import json
 import logging
-import os
 import time
 from contextlib import suppress
 from enum import Enum
 
+import pkg_resources
+
 from aura_engine.base.api import LiquidsoapUtil as LU
 from aura_engine.base.config import AuraConfig
 from aura_engine.base.lang import DotDict
@@ -174,10 +175,7 @@ class Engine:
             }
 
         """
-        ctrl_version = None
-        with open(os.path.join("", "VERSION")) as version_file:
-            ctrl_version = version_file.read().strip()
-
+        ctrl_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("aura-engine").version
         versions = self.playout.get_version()
         versions = DotDict(json.loads(versions))
         self.config.set("version_control", ctrl_version)