diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index dcc0ee1..32d1866 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-package_name="libucx"
 package_dir="python/libucx"
-pyproject_file="${package_dir}/pyproject.toml"
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache
 source rapids-date-string
 
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX="-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
-sed -i -E "s/^name = \"${package_name}(.*)?\"$/name = \"${package_name}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
 
 python -m pip wheel "${package_dir}"/ -w "${package_dir}"/dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index a7f3ddf..4cb76db 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ package_name="libucx"
 WHEELHOUSE="${PWD}/dist/"
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="ucx_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 cpp "${WHEELHOUSE}"
-python -m pip install "${package_name}-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" --find-links "${WHEELHOUSE}"
+python -m pip install "${WHEELHOUSE}/${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"*.whl
 python -c "import libucx; libucx.load_library(); print('Loaded libucx libraries successfully!')"
diff --git a/python/libucx/libucx/__init__.py b/python/libucx/libucx/__init__.py
index 35b2557..175d7d9 100644
--- a/python/libucx/libucx/__init__.py
+++ b/python/libucx/libucx/__init__.py
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import importlib.resources
-
+from ._version import __git_commit__, __version__
 from .load import load_library
 
-__version__ = (
-    importlib.resources.files("libucx").joinpath("VERSION").read_text().strip()
-)
-
 __all__ = [
+    "__git_commit__",
     "load_library",
+    "__version__",
 ]
diff --git a/python/libucx/libucx/_version.py b/python/libucx/libucx/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b347d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libucx/libucx/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import importlib.resources
+
+__version__ = (
+    importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("VERSION").read_text().strip()
+)
+try:
+    __git_commit__ = (
+        importlib.resources.files(__package__)
+        .joinpath("GIT_COMMIT")
+        .read_text()
+        .strip()
+    )
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    __git_commit__ = ""
+
+__all__ = ["__git_commit__", "__version__"]
diff --git a/python/libucx/pyproject.toml b/python/libucx/pyproject.toml
index c416168..3b4c367 100644
--- a/python/libucx/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libucx/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
 [build-system]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+build-backend = "rapids_build_backend.build"
 requires = [
-    "packaging",
+    "rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0dev0",
     "setuptools>=64.0.0",
-    "wheel",
 ]
 
 [project]
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@ libucx = "libucx"
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/openucx/ucx"
 
+[tool.rapids-build-backend]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+commit-files = [
+    "libucx/GIT_COMMIT"
+]
+dependencies-file = ""
+requires = [
+    "packaging",
+    "wheel",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 include-package-data = true