diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9f7ec6e..581a048 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Major changes
 Minor changes
 .............
 
+- Read version from :file:`pyproject.toml` for documentation. [:issue:`103` by @0jc1 and @stevepiercy]
 - Fix author email format. [:issue:`99` by @gboutry and @stevepiercy]
 - Drop deprecated license classifier. [:issue:`101` by @gboutry]
 - Use ``--allow-existing`` argument in the ``dev`` make target to avoid recreating a virtual environment with uv. [:pull:`123` by @stevepiercy]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 946da0d..ab4fd1b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@
 )
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
+
+def get_version_from_toml() -> str:
+    """
+    Returns the version from the :file:`pyproject.toml` file.
+    Supports :pep:`621` formats. Works with Python 3.10+.
+    """
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "pyproject.toml")
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        import tomllib
+    else:
+        import tomli as tomllib
+
+    with open(path, "rb") as f:
+        data = tomllib.load(f)
+        return str(data.get("project", {}).get("version"))
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -75,10 +91,8 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.8.1'
+version = release = get_version_from_toml()
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a7ae0eb..782a46f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ dev = [
     "flask>=3.1.2",
     "pytest>=9.0.2",
     "sphinx-autobuild>=2024.10.3",
+    "tomli>=2.0; python_version < '3.11'",
     "tornado>=6.5.4",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f26cfdf..cb172bc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "sphinx-autobuild", version = "2024.10.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "sphinx-autobuild", version = "2025.8.25", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "tornado" },
 ]
 
@@ -641,6 +642,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "flask", specifier = ">=3.1.2" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.2" },
     { name = "sphinx-autobuild", specifier = ">=2024.10.3" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'", specifier = ">=2.0" },
     { name = "tornado", specifier = ">=6.5.4" },
 ]