diff --git a/integrationtests/clear_database.py b/integrationtests/clear_database.py
index 363ced51bd41693458a500f265fcd4d61eedf5ff..bad54c6c19fdddc0dfd07e1b7ff01fee7f99eabe 100644
--- a/integrationtests/clear_database.py
+++ b/integrationtests/clear_database.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #
 """Clear the database before and after the integration tests."""
 import caosdb as db
+import caosadvancedtools
 
 
 def clear_all():
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ def clear_all():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(f"pycaosdb version: {db.__version__}")
+    print(f"caosadvancedtools version: {caosadvancedtools.__version__}")
     clear_all()
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/__init__.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..5973c3392031f7ef6f4ce8904e1ad59fd111bf01 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/__init__.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+try:
+    from caosadvancedtools.version import version as __version__
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    version = "uninstalled"
+    __version__ = version