diff --git a/mc2skos/__init__.py b/mc2skos/__init__.py
index fb9b668..9fbf84c 100644
--- a/mc2skos/__init__.py
+++ b/mc2skos/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.2'
+__version__ = '0.7.2'  # Use bumpversion to update
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 31ad82b..985bfe4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 [aliases]
 test = pytest
+
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 0.7.2
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+
+[bumpversion:file:mc2skos/__init__.py]
+
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a5a0da..8479eff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,15 +14,8 @@
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read()
 
-with open('mc2skos/__init__.py', 'r') as fd:
-    version = re.search(r'^__version__\s*=\s*[\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]',
-                        fd.read(), re.MULTILINE).group(1)
-
-if not version:
-    raise RuntimeError('Cannot find version information')
-
 setup(name='mc2skos',
-      version=version,
+      version='0.7.2',  # Use bumpversion to update
       description='Convert Marc21 Classification records in MARC/XML to SKOS/RDF ',
       long_description=README,
       classifiers=[