diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 2308ce7e4..3afb38cfb 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from . import util
 from .deprecated import resolve_model_name
 from .cli.info import info
 from .glossary import explain
+from .about import __version__
 
 from . import en, de, zh, es, it, hu, fr, pt, nl, sv, fi, bn, he, nb, ja