diff --git a/.github/actions/python/action.yml b/.github/actions/python/action.yml
index f008fe4e..1257f3c0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/python/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/python/action.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.1
       with:
         name: python-wheel-${{ inputs.native-version }}-${{ inputs.platform }}
-        path: native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-0.0.1-py3-*.whl
+        path: native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-*-py3-*.whl
         archive: false
         if-no-files-found: error
 
diff --git a/native-lib/README.md b/native-lib/README.md
index 1c0c3442..95ceaba5 100644
--- a/native-lib/README.md
+++ b/native-lib/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The wheel will be created in:
 After `:native-lib:buildPythonWheel`:
 
 ```bash
-python3 -m pip install native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-0.0.1-*.whl
+python3 -m pip install native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-*-py3-*.whl
 ```
 
 This wheel includes the `dwlib.*` shared library inside the Python package.
diff --git a/native-lib/build.gradle b/native-lib/build.gradle
index 88bbf394..c70d6de0 100644
--- a/native-lib/build.gradle
+++ b/native-lib/build.gradle
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ tasks.register('buildPythonWheel', Exec) {
   inputs.file("${projectDir}/python/setup.py")
   inputs.file("${projectDir}/python/setup.cfg")
   inputs.file("${projectDir}/python/pyproject.toml")
+  inputs.property('nativeVersion', project.version.toString())
   outputs.dir("${projectDir}/python/dist")
   doFirst {
     // Clean old wheels and build artifacts to ensure fresh build
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ tasks.register('buildPythonWheel', Exec) {
   // Use setup.py bdist_wheel to generate platform-specific wheel tags
   // The custom setup.py overrides bdist_wheel to set correct platform tags
   // for the bundled native library (dwlib)
+  environment 'NATIVE_VERSION', project.version.toString()
   commandLine(pythonExe, 'setup.py', 'bdist_wheel', '-d', 'dist')
 }
 
diff --git a/native-lib/python/README.md b/native-lib/python/README.md
index 1b4294c7..51ec95ac 100644
--- a/native-lib/python/README.md
+++ b/native-lib/python/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ After building:
 
 ```bash
 ./gradlew :native-lib:buildPythonWheel
-python3 -m pip install native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-0.0.1-*.whl
+python3 -m pip install native-lib/python/dist/dataweave_native-*-py3-*.whl
 ```
 
 ### Option B: Editable install for development
diff --git a/native-lib/python/pyproject.toml b/native-lib/python/pyproject.toml
index 03a366ae..642ab3ce 100644
--- a/native-lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/native-lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-name = "dataweave-native"
-version = "0.0.1"
-description = "Python bindings for the DataWeave native library"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
-
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-test = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
diff --git a/native-lib/python/setup.cfg b/native-lib/python/setup.cfg
index a1635ae1..1f1b6d02 100644
--- a/native-lib/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/native-lib/python/setup.cfg
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ python_requires = >=3.9
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
 
+[options.extras_require]
+test =
+    pytest
+    pytest-cov
+
 [options.package_data]
 dataweave =
     native/*
diff --git a/native-lib/python/setup.py b/native-lib/python/setup.py
index 8c32d49e..8b390d07 100644
--- a/native-lib/python/setup.py
+++ b/native-lib/python/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 tags based on the current build environment.
 """
 
+import os
 import platform
 import struct
 import sys
@@ -106,4 +107,7 @@ def get_tag(self):
 if bdist_wheel is not None:
     cmdclass["bdist_wheel"] = bdist_wheel
 
-setup(cmdclass=cmdclass)
+setup(
+    version=os.environ.get("NATIVE_VERSION", "0.0.1"),
+    cmdclass=cmdclass,
+)