diff --git a/development.rst b/development.rst
index 79be4445415e034c51d7a9dbf6d1ec802651deeb..96d9cca883662ee3946fd308fccd1a2f022d7d72 100644
--- a/development.rst
+++ b/development.rst
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ Versioning
 
 We use `CalendarVersioning <https://calver.org/>`__ with the YYYY.MM.DD format, i.e. for example ``2023.4.17`` or ``2023.12.31``. If multiple releases per day are necessary, the second overrides the first.
 
-There is a global version of the Python package (in `src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py <src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py>`__) and a local version for each tool (i.e. for ``mpsd-quota`` in `src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py <src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py>`__ When a tool (such as ``mpsd-quota``) is asked for its version (``mpsd-quota --version``), it displays the local version.
-
-Version numbers need to be updated manual: update the local version when committing changes. Commit the global version to the same new date. (Could be automated.)es
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py b/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py
index 2d009aa78d0c849fdc823804e3cd053e5b4945f4..a19e8b4107f526a485a869628a34acad45a6b2e4 100644
--- a/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """Collection of command line tools for MPSD HPC system."""
 
-# global version for the package (containing applications, such as
-# `mpsd-quota`)
-__version__ = "2023.4.25"
+# version for the package
+__version__ = "2023.4.27"
diff --git a/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py b/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py
index 402aa7fb53bcaa20f6235b6de639d7d8030bd996..6357a20f1516ccfc5c7ac7470627a13b188401ca 100644
--- a/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_hpc_tools/quota.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Options are available to
 
 - display this for another user
 - display in units of bytes (for debugging)
-- show the version of this tool
+- show the version of the mpsd_hpc_tools package
 - show some additional output
 
 """
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import sys
 import textwrap
 from typing import Tuple
 from mpsd_hpc_tools.lib import humanise_size
-
-# version of the "mpsd-quota" tool
-__version__ = "2023.4.25"
+from mpsd_hpc_tools import __version__
 
 
 def get_ceph_attribute(path: str, attribute: str) -> int: