diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
index aacb49268..09359e89c 100644
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ b/docs/history.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Change Log
 Latest
 -------
 
+3.4.1
+-----
+- BUG: Changed so that the setup.cfg depends on the version code in the __init__.py instead of the other way around (issuue #1155)
+
 3.4.0
 -----
 - WHL: Python 3.11 Wheels (issue #1110)
diff --git a/pyproj/__init__.py b/pyproj/__init__.py
index 053674783..99e644b29 100644
--- a/pyproj/__init__.py
+++ b/pyproj/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
-import importlib.metadata
 import warnings
 
 import pyproj.network
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
     transform,
 )
 
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__)
+__version__ = "3.4.1.dev1"
 __all__ = [
     "Proj",
     "Geod",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5ad038fc3..15ab8d194 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = pyproj
-version = 3.4.1.dev0
+version = attr: pyproj.__version__
 description = Python interface to PROJ (cartographic projections and coordinate transformations library)
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown