diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e7aaa9..ce2c561 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-requires = [ "hatchling" ]
+requires = [ "hatchling", "hatch-vcs" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "dso"
-version = "0.8.2"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Data Science Operations on top of dvc"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ urls.Source = "https://github.com/Boehringer-Ingelheim/dso"
 scripts.dso = "dso:cli"
 scripts.dso_pandocfilter = "dso.pandocfilter:main"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
 src = [ "src" ]