diff --git a/xlrd/__init__.py b/xlrd/__init__.py
index d908c63..e2109c2 100644
--- a/xlrd/__init__.py
+++ b/xlrd/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 )
 from .book import Book, colname
 from .formula import *  # is constrained by __all__
-from .info import __VERSION__
+from .info import __VERSION__, __version__
 from .sheet import empty_cell
 from .xldate import XLDateError, xldate_as_datetime, xldate_as_tuple
 from .xlsx import X12Book
diff --git a/xlrd/info.py b/xlrd/info.py
index 51f5487..73a1685 100644
--- a/xlrd/info.py
+++ b/xlrd/info.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__VERSION__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = __VERSION__ = "1.1.0"