From 24165b3c3d9e13e1ae09563283021ffe9004e65f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sanyamtyagi229 <sanyamtyagitauli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:22:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Move version definition to package init

---
 openml/__init__.py    | 2 +-
 openml/__version__.py | 8 --------
 openml/_api_calls.py  | 2 +-
 openml/_config.py     | 2 +-
 openml/cli.py         | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml        | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 openml/__version__.py

diff --git a/openml/__init__.py b/openml/__init__.py
index 374ebfc48..74ca0d1a5 100644
--- a/openml/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # License: BSD 3-Clause
 from __future__ import annotations
+__version__ = "0.16.0"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
     tasks,
     utils,
 )
-from .__version__ import __version__
 from ._api import _backend
 from .datasets import OpenMLDataFeature, OpenMLDataset
 from .datasets.functions import get_dataset, list_datasets
diff --git a/openml/__version__.py b/openml/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cf5a8535d..000000000
--- a/openml/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"""Version information."""
-
-# License: BSD 3-Clause
-
-# The following line *must* be the last in the module, exactly as formatted:
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
diff --git a/openml/_api_calls.py b/openml/_api_calls.py
index 179c814e7..9e59e712a 100644
--- a/openml/_api_calls.py
+++ b/openml/_api_calls.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import openml
 
-from .__version__ import __version__
+from . import __version__
 from .exceptions import (
     OpenMLAuthenticationError,
     OpenMLHashException,
diff --git a/openml/_config.py b/openml/_config.py
index d6850b7b0..26b5e0411 100644
--- a/openml/_config.py
+++ b/openml/_config.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from openml.enums import APIVersion, ServerMode
 
-from .__version__ import __version__
+from . import __version__
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 openml_logger = logging.getLogger("openml")
diff --git a/openml/cli.py b/openml/cli.py
index 1415d0af9..9f3fc5452 100644
--- a/openml/cli.py
+++ b/openml/cli.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import openml
-from openml.__version__ import __version__
+from openml import __version__
 from openml.enums import APIVersion
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c463968b..de75eae43 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespaces = false
 openml = ["*.txt", "*.md", "py.typed"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "openml.__version__.__version__"}
+version = {attr = "openml.__version__"}
 
 # https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.2.x/reference/reference.html#ini-options-ref
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]

From 9d833222bbf1fb200e95a74369bb6a752f9d06e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
 <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:54:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
---
 openml/__init__.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/openml/__init__.py b/openml/__init__.py
index 74ca0d1a5..9b2a1a6dd 100644
--- a/openml/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # License: BSD 3-Clause
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 __version__ = "0.16.0"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING