diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f40a65b..7c91c04 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "snakemake-storage-plugin-cached-http"
-version = "0.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Snakemake storage plugin for downloading files via HTTP with caching and rate limiting"
 authors = [
     { name = "PyPSA-Eur Authors", email = "jonas.hoersch@openenergytransition.org" },
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.entry-points."snakemake_storage_plugins"]