diff --git a/ada_url/__init__.py b/ada_url/__init__.py
index 1ae6cef..ea161f7 100644
--- a/ada_url/__init__.py
+++ b/ada_url/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     HostType,
     SchemeType,
     URLSearchParams,
+    get_version,
     check_url,
     idna,
     idna_to_ascii,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     'URL',
     'URLSearchParams',
     'check_url',
+    'get_version',
     'idna',
     'idna_to_ascii',
     'idna_to_unicode',
diff --git a/ada_url/ada_adapter.py b/ada_url/ada_adapter.py
index 0139bcc..3aeaa19 100644
--- a/ada_url/ada_adapter.py
+++ b/ada_url/ada_adapter.py
@@ -754,3 +754,6 @@ def encode(s: Union[str, bytes]) -> bytes:
 idna_to_unicode = idna.decode
 
 idna_to_ascii = idna.encode
+
+def get_version():
+    return ffi.string(lib.ada_get_version()).decode()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 803525b..b9e4fad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ authors = [
 description = 'URL parser and manipulator based on the WHAT WG URL standard'
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-license = {text = "Apache 2.0"}
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 classifiers = [
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
 ]
diff --git a/requirements/development.txt b/requirements/development.txt
index 662427b..ab7fd35 100644
--- a/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/development.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 build
 coverage
 ruff
-setuptools
+setuptools>=77.0.0
+packaging>=24.2
 Sphinx
 twine
 urllib3
diff --git a/tests/test_ada_url.py b/tests/test_ada_url.py
index ecfa166..d269b31 100644
--- a/tests/test_ada_url.py
+++ b/tests/test_ada_url.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     URLSearchParams as SearchParams,
     URL,
     check_url,
+    get_version,
     idna,
     idna_to_ascii,
     idna_to_unicode,
@@ -548,3 +549,12 @@ def test_url_suite(self):
                 else:
                     urlobj = URL(s, base=base)
                     self.assertEqual(urlobj.href, item['href'])
+
+
+class GetVersionTests(TestCase):
+    def test_get_version(self):
+        value = get_version()
+        version_parts = value.split('.')
+        self.assertEqual(len(version_parts), 3) # Three parts
+        int(version_parts[0])  # Major should be an integer
+        int(version_parts[1])  # Minor should be an integer