diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 611a930a..11c29637 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ jobs:
           script: skip
           deploy:
             provider: pypi
+            # tmp workaround from travis CI
+            # https://travis-ci.community/t/cant-deploy-to-pypi-anymore-pkg-resources-contextualversionconflict-importlib-metadata-0-18/10494/10
+            install: pip install keyring==21.4.0
             username: "__token__"
-            password: PYPI_API_TOKEN
+            password: $PYPI_API_TOKEN
             on:
               tags: true
             skip_existing: true
diff --git a/orbit/__init__.py b/orbit/__init__.py
index cc9fb737..9838b990 100644
--- a/orbit/__init__.py
+++ b/orbit/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 name = 'orbit'
-__version__ = '1.0.6'
+__version__ = '1.0.9'
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3886c687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+version = attr: orbit.__version__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0102f96..4ac95f8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # dist.Distribution().fetch_build_eggs(['cython'])
 
 
-VERSION = '1.0.6'
+# VERSION = '1.0.6'
 DESCRIPTION = "Orbit is a package for bayesian time series modeling and inference."
 AUTHOR = '''Edwin Ng <edwinng@uber.com>, Steve Yang <steve.yang@uber.com>,
             Huigang Chen <huigang@uber.com>, Zhishi Wang <zhishiw@uber.com>'''
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     name='orbit-ml',
     packages=find_packages(),
     url='https://uber.github.io/orbit/',
-    version=VERSION,
+    # version=VERSION, # being maintained by source module
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',