diff --git a/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/meson.build b/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/meson.build
index d3ae3d4f..cd75be5f 100644
--- a/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/meson.build
+++ b/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ srcs = [
 install_pkg_srcs = [
     '{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/__init__.py',
     '{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/_bmi.py',
+    '{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/_version.py',
 ]
 py.install_sources(
     install_pkg_srcs,
diff --git a/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml b/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
index b56ade47..91694789 100644
--- a/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/babelizer/data/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers=[
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords=["bmi", "pymt"]
-dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
   "numpy",
 ]