diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
index 67a772164f..c2a87008f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Copy tools
         run: |
+          ls -lah
+          ls -lah taipy/config
           cp -r tools ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -135,25 +137,33 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Copy files from tools
         run: |
+          ls -lah taipy/config
           cp -r tools/packages/taipy-${{matrix.package}}/. ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}
+          ls -lah taipy/config
 
       - name: Build Package Structure
         working-directory: ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}
         run: |
+          ls -lah
           python tools/release/build_package_structure.py ${{ matrix.package }}
+          ls -lah
 
       - name: Copy Taipy Logger
         if: matrix.package == 'config'
         run: |
+          ls -lah taipy/config
           cp -r taipy/logger/. ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}/taipy/logger
 
       - name: Copy _cli folder
         run: |
+          ls -lah taipy/config
           cp -r taipy/_cli/. ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}/taipy/_cli
 
       - name: Build package
         working-directory: ${{ steps.set-variables.outputs.package_dir }}
         run: |
+          pwd
+          ls -lah taipy/config
           python -m build
           for file in ./dist/*; do mv "$file" "${file//_/-}"; done
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8522494a7..a4f4b7cef0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ Download = "https://pypi.org/project/taipy/#files"
 Tracker = "https://github.com/Avaiga/taipy/issues"
 Security = "https://github.com/Avaiga/taipy?tab=security-ov-file#readme"
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+include = ["**/*.json", "**/*.pyi"]
+
+
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = [
     ".git",
diff --git a/taipy/config/pyproject.toml b/taipy/config/pyproject.toml
index d086192682..8a590fa89a 100644
--- a/taipy/config/pyproject.toml
+++ b/taipy/config/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 testing = ["pytest>=3.8"]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+include = ["**/*.json", "**/*.pyi"]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages]
 find = {include = ["taipy", "taipy.config", "taipy.config.*", "taipy.logger", "taipy.logger.*"]}
 
 [project.urls]
 homepage = "https://github.com/avaiga/taipy"
-
-[tool.setuptools.data-files]
-"version" = ["version.json"]
diff --git a/tools/packages/taipy-config/MANIFEST.in b/tools/packages/taipy-config/MANIFEST.in
index 7ab556c01f..7e490b4e09 100644
--- a/tools/packages/taipy-config/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/tools/packages/taipy-config/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include taipy/config/*.pyi
 include taipy/config/*.json
 include *.json
+include version.json
 include taipy/config/setup.requirements.txt
 include package_desc.md