diff --git a/pymba/__init__.py b/pymba/__init__.py
index 2cf47d0..48e9bed 100644
--- a/pymba/__init__.py
+++ b/pymba/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 from .vimba import Vimba, VimbaException
 from .frame import Frame
+
+__version__ = '0.3.4'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b67001f..3147ebc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup
+from pymba import __version__
 
 
 setup(name='pymba',
-      version='0.3.4',
+      version=__version__,
       description="Pymba is a Python wrapper for Allied Vision's Vimba C API.",
       long_description=(
           "Pymba is a Python wrapper for Allied Vision's Vimba C API. It wraps the Vimba C library "
diff --git a/tests/test_vimba.py b/tests/test_vimba.py
index 658200c..3ac5e04 100644
--- a/tests/test_vimba.py
+++ b/tests/test_vimba.py
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 from pymba import Vimba, VimbaException
 
 
+def test_version():
+    version = [int(v) for v in Vimba.version().split('.')]
+    assert version[0] >= 1
+    assert version[1] >= 7
+    assert version[2] >= 0
+
+
 def test_startup_shutdown():
     with pytest.raises(VimbaException) as e:
         Vimba().system().feature_names()
@@ -23,6 +30,7 @@ def vimba() -> Vimba:
         yield vimba
 
 
+# requires a camera connected
 def test_interface_camera_ids(vimba: Vimba):
     # test id funcs return a list of strings (not bytes)
     for func in (vimba.interface_ids, vimba.camera_ids):
@@ -37,5 +45,6 @@ def test_interface(vimba: Vimba):
     interface = vimba.interface(vimba.interface_ids()[0])
 
 
+# requires a camera connected
 def test_camera(vimba: Vimba):
     camera = vimba.camera(vimba.camera_ids()[0])