diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 179cb3ce..a733ba34 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Azalea Gui <azalea@hydev.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f16eac7..0cb8d53b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_namespace_packages
 HERE = Path(__file__).parent
 
 # Load version without importing it (see issue #192 if you are confused)
-VERSION = ""
-for l in (HERE / 'hyfetch' / '__version__.py').read_text().strip().splitlines():
-    exec(l)
+VERSION = [l for l in (HERE / "Cargo.toml").read_text('utf-8').splitlines() if l.startswith("version = ")]
+if len(VERSION) != 1:
+    raise ValueError(f"Cannot determine version from Cargo.toml: {VERSION}")
+VERSION = VERSION[0].split('"')[1]
 
 # The text of the README file
 README = (HERE / "README.md").read_text('utf-8')