diff --git a/README b/README
index a544d70..d58611c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ ssh
 :Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ssh/
 
 
-ssh 1.7.8
-================
-
-Released October 23, 2011.
+ssh
+===
 
 
 What
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bfb7452..88c9737 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
 	setup_helper.install_custom_make_tarball()
 
 
+import ssh
+
 setup(name = "ssh",
-      version = "1.7.9",
+      version = ssh.__version__,
       description = "SSH2 protocol library",
       author = "Jeff Forcier",
       author_email = "jeff@bitprophet.org",
diff --git a/ssh/__init__.py b/ssh/__init__.py
index 8aa978e..da1d11f 100644
--- a/ssh/__init__.py
+++ b/ssh/__init__.py
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ receive data over the encrypted session.
 released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
 
 Website: U{http://www.lag.net/ssh/}
-
-@version: 1.7.8
-@author: Jeff Forcier
-@contact: jeff@bitprophet.org
-@license: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
 """
 
 import sys
@@ -60,9 +55,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 2):
 
 
 __author__ = "Jeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>"
-__date__ = "23 October 2011"
-__version__ = "1.7.8"
-__version_info__ = (1, 7, 8)
+__version__ = "1.7.10"
 __license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
 
 
diff --git a/ssh/transport.py b/ssh/transport.py
index 9cb014e..acad259 100644
--- a/ssh/transport.py
+++ b/ssh/transport.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 import weakref
 
+import ssh
 from ssh import util
 from ssh.auth_handler import AuthHandler
 from ssh.channel import Channel
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ class Transport (threading.Thread):
     """
 
     _PROTO_ID = '2.0'
-    _CLIENT_ID = 'ssh_1.7.8'
+    _CLIENT_ID = 'ssh_%s' % (ssh.__version__)
 
     _preferred_ciphers = ( 'aes128-ctr', 'aes256-ctr', 'aes128-cbc', 'blowfish-cbc', 'aes256-cbc', '3des-cbc',
         'arcfour128', 'arcfour256' )