diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fd90b245..463d62d16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## 0.5.2 - unreleased
+### Fixes
+- The generated library's version is now the same as the OpenAPI doc's version (#134)
+
 ## 0.5.1 - 2020-08-05
 ### Fixes
 - Relative paths are now allowed in securitySchemes/OAuthFlow/tokenUrl (#130).
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/__init__.py b/openapi_python_client/__init__.py
index 4650d6295..8b8fb4d01 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/__init__.py
+++ b/openapi_python_client/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def __init__(self, *, openapi: GeneratorData) -> None:
 
         self.package_name: str = self.project_name.replace("-", "_")
         self.package_dir: Path = self.project_dir / self.package_name
-        self.package_description = f"A client library for accessing {self.openapi.title}"
+        self.package_description: str = f"A client library for accessing {self.openapi.title}"
+        self.version: str = openapi.version
 
         self.env.filters.update(self.TEMPLATE_FILTERS)
 
@@ -167,7 +168,10 @@ def _build_metadata(self) -> None:
         pyproject_path = self.project_dir / "pyproject.toml"
         pyproject_path.write_text(
             pyproject_template.render(
-                project_name=self.project_name, package_name=self.package_name, description=self.package_description
+                project_name=self.project_name,
+                package_name=self.package_name,
+                version=self.version,
+                description=self.package_description,
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/templates/pyproject.toml b/openapi_python_client/templates/pyproject.toml
index 7e418ff5e..f2fc2c124 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/templates/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openapi_python_client/templates/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "{{ project_name }}"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "{{ version }}"
 description = "{{ description }}"
 
 authors = []
diff --git a/tests/test___init__.py b/tests/test___init__.py
index 1700d638a..8727af873 100644
--- a/tests/test___init__.py
+++ b/tests/test___init__.py
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ def test__build_metadata(self, mocker):
         pyproject_template.render.assert_called_once_with(
             project_name=project.project_name,
             package_name=project.package_name,
+            version=project.version,
             description=project.package_description,
         )
         pyproject_path.write_text.assert_called_once_with(pyproject_template.render())