diff --git a/src/linkup/_version.py b/src/linkup/_version.py
index 3b28287..4f3285a 100644
--- a/src/linkup/_version.py
+++ b/src/linkup/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
-__version__: str = get_version("linkup-sdk")
+try:
+    __version__ = version("linkup-sdk")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # Fallback for when package metadata is not available (e.g., PyInstaller builds)
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"