diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 75050b2..d603771 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+
       - name: Semantic Release
         uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v4
         id: semantic
@@ -50,6 +55,18 @@ jobs:
             GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: github-actions[bot]
             GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
 
+      - name: Update __about__
+        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true'
+        run: |
+          npx semantic-release exec -- cmd /c "echo __version__ = '${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}' > __version__.py"
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add __version__.py
+          git commit -m "chore: [gh] Update __version__.py to ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}"
+          git push https://${{ secrets.PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git HEAD:main
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+
       - name: Publish To GitHub Package Registry
         if: steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true'
         run: echo "new release was published"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7c5dd84..2b03dbc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
+        args: [--ignore=D100]
         additional_dependencies: [
             'flake8-blind-except',
             'flake8-bugbear',
diff --git a/__about__.py b/__about__.py
index a3d6347..c058e48 100644
--- a/__about__.py
+++ b/__about__.py
@@ -5,15 +5,8 @@
 Python Secure Logger
 """
 
-# Increment this version number to trigger a new release. See
-# CHANGELOG.md for information on the versioning scheme.
-__version__ = "0.1.6"
-
 # The app name will be used to define the name of the default plugin root and
 # plugin directory. To avoid conflicts between multiple locally-installed
 # versions, if it is defined the version suffix will also be appended to the app
 # name.
 __app__ = "secure_logger"
-
-# Package version, as installed by pip, does not include the version suffix.
-__package_version__ = __version__
diff --git a/secure_logger/__version__.py b/secure_logger/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f15538a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secure_logger/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+__version__ = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a26a4b..88261e9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,13 +72,22 @@ def load_about() -> Dict[str, str]:
     return about
 
 
+def load_version() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Stringify the __about__ mobule."""
+    version: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    with io.open(os.path.join(HERE, "__version__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        exec(f.read(), version)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
+    return version
+
+
 README = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.md")).read()
 CHANGELOG = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "CHANGELOG.md")).read()
 ABOUT = load_about()
+VERSION = load_version()
 
 setup(
     name="secure-logger",
-    version=ABOUT["__package_version__"],
+    version=VERSION["__version__"],
     description="A decorator to generate redacted and nicely formatted log entries",
     long_description=load_readme(),
     author="Lawrence McDaniel",