diff --git a/src/aspire/__init__.py b/src/aspire/__init__.py
index 418e9f9..a71a064 100644
--- a/src/aspire/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aspire/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from .utils import enable_scipy_array_api
 
 try:
-    __version__ = version("aspire")
+    __version__ = version("aspire-inference")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = "unknown"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6181af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def test_version():
+    from aspire import __version__
+
+    assert __version__ != "unknown"