diff --git a/eland/__init__.py b/eland/__init__.py
index 050bd2a..f1a2b30 100644
--- a/eland/__init__.py
+++ b/eland/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #  under the License.
 
 from ._version import (  # noqa: F401
+    __author__,
+    __author_email__,
     __description__,
     __maintainer__,
     __maintainer_email__,
diff --git a/eland/_version.py b/eland/_version.py
index d4e998a..a0855d9 100644
--- a/eland/_version.py
+++ b/eland/_version.py
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ __title__ = "eland"
 __description__ = "Python Client and Toolkit for DataFrames, Big Data, Machine Learning and ETL in Elasticsearch"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/elastic/eland"
 __version__ = "8.9.0"
+__author__ = "Steve Dodson"
+__author_email__ = "steve.dodson@elastic.co"
 __maintainer__ = "Elastic Client Library Maintainers"
 __maintainer_email__ = "client-libs@elastic.co"