diff --git a/ollama/__init__.py b/ollama/__init__.py
index 92bba280..32af645a 100644
--- a/ollama/__init__.py
+++ b/ollama/__init__.py
@@ -1,44 +1,49 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version as _pkg_version
 from ollama._client import AsyncClient, Client
 from ollama._types import (
-  ChatResponse,
-  EmbeddingsResponse,
-  EmbedResponse,
-  GenerateResponse,
-  Image,
-  ListResponse,
-  Message,
-  Options,
-  ProcessResponse,
-  ProgressResponse,
-  RequestError,
-  ResponseError,
-  ShowResponse,
-  StatusResponse,
-  Tool,
-  WebFetchResponse,
-  WebSearchResponse,
+    ChatResponse,
+    EmbeddingsResponse,
+    EmbedResponse,
+    GenerateResponse,
+    Image,
+    ListResponse,
+    Message,
+    Options,
+    ProcessResponse,
+    ProgressResponse,
+    RequestError,
+    ResponseError,
+    ShowResponse,
+    StatusResponse,
+    Tool,
+    WebFetchResponse,
+    WebSearchResponse,
 )
 
+__version__ = _pkg_version('ollama')
+
 __all__ = [
-  'AsyncClient',
-  'ChatResponse',
-  'Client',
-  'EmbedResponse',
-  'EmbeddingsResponse',
-  'GenerateResponse',
-  'Image',
-  'ListResponse',
-  'Message',
-  'Options',
-  'ProcessResponse',
-  'ProgressResponse',
-  'RequestError',
-  'ResponseError',
-  'ShowResponse',
-  'StatusResponse',
-  'Tool',
-  'WebFetchResponse',
-  'WebSearchResponse',
+    'AsyncClient',
+    'ChatResponse',
+    'Client',
+    'EmbedResponse',
+    'EmbeddingsResponse',
+    'GenerateResponse',
+    'Image',
+    'ListResponse',
+    'Message',
+    'Options',
+    'ProcessResponse',
+    'ProgressResponse',
+    'RequestError',
+    'ResponseError',
+    'ShowResponse',
+    'StatusResponse',
+    'Tool',
+    'WebFetchResponse',
+    'WebSearchResponse',
+    '__version__',
+    'version',
 ]
 
 _client = Client()
@@ -52,8 +57,7 @@
 create = _client.create
 delete = _client.delete
 list = _client.list
-copy = _client.copy
 show = _client.show
+copy = _client.copy
 ps = _client.ps
-web_search = _client.web_search
-web_fetch = _client.web_fetch
+version = _client.version   # Expose the version method for users to check the Ollama version
diff --git a/ollama/_client.py b/ollama/_client.py
index 18cb0fb4..5215ae2d 100644
--- a/ollama/_client.py
+++ b/ollama/_client.py
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ def ps(self) -> ProcessResponse:
       'GET',
       '/api/ps',
     )
+  def version(self) -> str:
+    response = self._request_raw('GET', '/api/version')
+    return response.json().get('version', '')
 
   def web_search(self, query: str, max_results: int = 3) -> WebSearchResponse:
     """
@@ -1311,6 +1314,9 @@ async def ps(self) -> ProcessResponse:
       'GET',
       '/api/ps',
     )
+  async def version(self) -> str:
+    response = await self._request_raw('GET', '/api/version')
+    return response.json().get('version', '')
 
 
 def _copy_images(images: Optional[Sequence[Union[Image, Any]]]) -> Iterator[Image]: