diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4837b3..0998c26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 #### Fixed
 - fix: inspectdb raise KeyError 'int2' for smallint. ([#401])
 
+### Changed
+- Refactored version management to use `importlib.metadata.version(__package__)` instead of hardcoded version string ([#412])
+
 [#398]: https://github.com/tortoise/aerich/pull/398
 [#401]: https://github.com/tortoise/aerich/pull/401
+[#412]: https://github.com/tortoise/aerich/pull/412
 
 ### [0.8.1](../../releases/tag/v0.8.1) - 2024-12-27
 
diff --git a/aerich/version.py b/aerich/version.py
index 777f190..5f3c024 100644
--- a/aerich/version.py
+++ b/aerich/version.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version(__package__)