diff --git a/Lib/ldap/cidict.py b/Lib/ldap/cidict.py
index a9e6dee..d36f8c3 100644
--- a/Lib/ldap/cidict.py
+++ b/Lib/ldap/cidict.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = """$Revision: 1.17 $"""
+from ldap import __version__
 
 from UserDict import IterableUserDict