diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 9084fa2..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.1.0
diff --git a/mdrsclient/VERSION b/mdrsclient/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..524cb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdrsclient/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.1.1
diff --git a/mdrsclient/__version__.py b/mdrsclient/__version__.py
index 925a68c..6036a39 100644
--- a/mdrsclient/__version__.py
+++ b/mdrsclient/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import os
 
 here = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-__all__ = ["__version__"]
 
-
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(here), "VERSION")) as version_file:
+with open(os.path.join(here, "VERSION")) as version_file:
     __version__ = version_file.read().strip()
+
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4e144cd..becc950 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ from typing import Final
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-BASE_DIR: Final[str] = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+from mdrsclient import __version__
 
-with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "VERSION")) as f:
-    __version__ = f.read().strip()
+BASE_DIR: Final[str] = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "requirements.txt")) as f:
     __requirements__ = f.read().splitlines()
@@ -34,12 +33,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={
-        "": [
-            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "README.md"),
-            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "LICENSE"),
-            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "VERSION"),
-            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "requirements.txt"),
-        ]
+        "mdrsclient": ["VERSION"],
     },
     install_requires=__requirements__,
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["mdrs=mdrsclient.__main__:main"]},