diff --git a/requirements-server.txt b/requirements-server.txt
--- a/requirements-server.txt
+++ b/requirements-server.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Django < 3
 djangorestframework
+setuptools
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/__init__.py b/swh/deposit/api/__init__.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+try:
+    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("swh.deposit").version
+except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = "devel"
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status
 
 from swh.core import tarball
+from swh.deposit.api import __version__
 from swh.deposit.utils import normalize_date
 from swh.model import identifiers
 
@@ -106,7 +107,11 @@
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.provider = self.config["provider"]
-        self.tool = self.config["tool"]
+        self.tool = {
+            "name": "swh-deposit",
+            "version": __version__,
+            "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
+        }
 
     def _normalize_dates(self, deposit, metadata):
         """Normalize the date to use as a tuple of author date, committer date
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework import status
 
+from swh.deposit.api import __version__
 from swh.deposit.config import EDIT_SE_IRI, PRIVATE_GET_DEPOSIT_METADATA, SWH_PERSON
 from swh.deposit.models import Deposit
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
                 "tool": {
                     "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
                     "name": "swh-deposit",
-                    "version": "0.0.1",
+                    "version": __version__,
                 },
             },
             "deposit": {
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
                 "tool": {
                     "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
                     "name": "swh-deposit",
-                    "version": "0.0.1",
+                    "version": __version__,
                 },
             },
             "deposit": {
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@
                 "tool": {
                     "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
                     "name": "swh-deposit",
-                    "version": "0.0.1",
+                    "version": __version__,
                 },
             },
             "deposit": {
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@
             "tool": {
                 "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
                 "name": "swh-deposit",
-                "version": "0.0.1",
+                "version": __version__,
             },
         }
 
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@
             "tool": {
                 "configuration": {"sword_version": "2"},
                 "name": "swh-deposit",
-                "version": "0.0.1",
+                "version": __version__,
             },
         }
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/test_init.py b/swh/deposit/tests/test_init.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/test_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+
+def test_version():
+    from swh.deposit.api import __version__
+
+    assert __version__ is not None