diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2dc53ca3..4a1862f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 .idea/
+
+# hatch-vcs
+src/tinytext/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9df898f8..298ec6ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ scripts.tinytext = "tinytext.cli:main"
 [tool.hatch]
 version.source = "vcs"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "src/tinytext/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
diff --git a/src/tinytext/__init__.py b/src/tinytext/__init__.py
index f3fa199e..271ac98d 100644
--- a/src/tinytext/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tinytext/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import importlib.metadata
+from tinytext import _version  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
+__version__ = _version.__version__
 
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]