diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbb8879..8008650 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- `_meta.py` now reads version dynamically from installed package metadata via `importlib.metadata` instead of a hardcoded string
+- Bumped version to `0.2.0` in `pyproject.toml`
+- `CHANGELOG.md` restructured with `[0.2.0]` release section
+
+---
+
+## [0.2.0] - 2026-06-01
+
 ### Added
 - Project specification in `project.md` — architecture, API design, cache backend, metadata schema, logging strategy, and TODO for future features (JOIN, SELECT * support)
 - `.gitignore` for Python/Poetry project
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ce3ea4..bbbe1b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sqlmem"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = ""
 authors = [
     {name = "jan.doubravsky@gmail.com"}
diff --git a/src/sqlmem/_meta.py b/src/sqlmem/_meta.py
index 3dc1f76..2db2802 100644
--- a/src/sqlmem/_meta.py
+++ b/src/sqlmem/_meta.py
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("sqlmem")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # fallback when package is not installed (e.g. running from source without build)
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+dev"