diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/__init__.py b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/__init__.py
index 4ccfd350..189eacad 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/__init__.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/__init__.py
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import pkg_resources
+from google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1 import version as bigquery_storage_version
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-    "google-cloud-bigquery-storage"
-).version  # noqa
+__version__ = bigquery_storage_version.__version__
 
 from google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1 import client
 from google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1 import types
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/version.py b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4957902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+__version__ = "2.6.12"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52df2348..f0e45bc9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-bigquery-storage"
 description = "BigQuery Storage API API client library"
-version = "2.16.2"
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 dependencies = [
     "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.32.0, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*",
@@ -36,6 +35,11 @@
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
+version = {}
+with open(os.path.join(package_root, "google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/version.py")) as fp:
+    exec(fp.read(), version)
+version = version["__version__"]
+
 readme_filename = os.path.join(package_root, "README.rst")
 with io.open(readme_filename, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()