diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c99ed2..e23936e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bids-examples
 report.txt
 
 # do not track _version.py for hatch
-# bids/ext/reports/_version.py
+bids/ext/reports/_version.py
 
 tmp.py
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f5ffbb..cd78238 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ docs: ## generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
 	$(BROWSER) docs/build/html/index.html
 
 build: ## builds source and wheel package
+	pip install --upgrade build twine
 	rm -fr dist
 	python -m build
 	twine check dist/*
diff --git a/bids/ext/reports/_version.py b/bids/ext/reports/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 615ac78..0000000
--- a/bids/ext/reports/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = "0.1.0"
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, 0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 826b95b..8570e5d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-# [tool.hatch.version]
-# source = "vcs"
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["bids"]
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ only-include = ["bids/ext/reports"]
 # recursive-include bids/ext/reports/config *.json
 # recursive-include bids/ext/reports/tests/data *
 
-# [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
-# version-file = "bids/ext/reports/_version.py"
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "bids/ext/reports/_version.py"
 
 [project]
 name = "pybids_reports"
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
-# dynamic = ["version"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+# version = "0.1.0"
 
 [project.scripts]
 pybids_reports = "bids.ext.reports.cli:cli"