diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f48c7c7..5e39682 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='mar',
-    version='2.1.1',
+    version='2.1.2',
     license='MPL 2.0',
     description='Package for handling Mozilla Archive files.',
     long_description='%s\n%s' % (
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ setup(
         'click',
         'cryptography',
         'construct',
+        'backports.lzma',
     ],
     extras_require={
         # eg:
diff --git a/src/mardor/__init__.py b/src/mardor/__init__.py
index 406d1c8..4814c1b 100644
--- a/src/mardor/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mardor/__init__.py
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Signing and verification of MAR files are supported.
 
 The primary modules of interest are `mardor.reader` and `mardor.writer`
 """
-version = (2, 1, 0)
-version_str = "2.1.0"
+version = (2, 1, 2)
+version_str = "2.1.2"
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee32121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+
+import mardor
+
+
+def test_version():
+    dist = get_distribution('mar')
+    assert mardor.version_str == dist.version
+    assert ".".join(str(_) for _ in mardor.version) == dist.version