diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0beb9455..ff47f88e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = 'nomad-parser-plugins-electronic'
-version = '1.0'
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = 'Collection of NOMAD parsers for electronic structure codes.'
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "The NOMAD Authors" }]
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ line-ending = "auto"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["electronicparsers*"]
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+
 [tool.mypy]
 strict = false
 ignore_missing_imports = true