diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index 03c73636..71151f20 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "bandit", "benchmark-servers", "benchmark-servers-deps", "build", "cbor", "coverage", "dev", "doc", "flake8", "format", "micro-benchmark", "msgpack", "mypy", "pre-commit", "sniffio", "test", "tox", "types-msgpack", "uvloop"]
 strategy = ["cross_platform", "inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.4.1"
-content_hash = "sha256:2eedd6a31781a0825df6f986c3b6026fb800a491116812d59c3d61b74740eec9"
+content_hash = "sha256:587367a5635b20aecac94f859fd4d111f08958e86c2e0435885a6d190c6f42ab"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -715,21 +715,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "hatch-1.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ae80478d10312df2b44d659c93bc2ed4d33aecddce4b76378231bdf81c8bf6ad"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hatch-vcs"
-version = "0.4.0"
-requires_python = ">=3.8"
-summary = "Hatch plugin for versioning with your preferred VCS"
-groups = ["dev"]
-dependencies = [
-    "hatchling>=1.1.0",
-    "setuptools-scm>=6.4.0",
-]
-files = [
-    {file = "hatch_vcs-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b8a2b6bee54cf6f9fc93762db73890017ae59c9081d1038a41f16235ceaf8b2c"},
-    {file = "hatch_vcs-0.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:093810748fe01db0d451fabcf2c1ac2688caefd232d4ede967090b1c1b07d9f7"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hatchling"
 version = "1.24.2"
@@ -1625,27 +1610,12 @@ name = "setuptools"
 version = "70.0.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.8"
 summary = "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages"
-groups = ["benchmark-servers-deps", "dev"]
+groups = ["benchmark-servers-deps"]
 files = [
     {file = "setuptools-70.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:54faa7f2e8d2d11bcd2c07bed282eef1046b5c080d1c32add737d7b5817b1ad4"},
     {file = "setuptools-70.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f211a66637b8fa059bb28183da127d4e86396c991a942b028c6650d4319c3fd0"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "setuptools-scm"
-version = "8.1.0"
-requires_python = ">=3.8"
-summary = "the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags"
-groups = ["dev"]
-dependencies = [
-    "packaging>=20",
-    "setuptools",
-]
-files = [
-    {file = "setuptools_scm-8.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:897a3226a6fd4a6eb2f068745e49733261a21f70b1bb28fce0339feb978d9af3"},
-    {file = "setuptools_scm-8.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:42dea1b65771cba93b7a515d65a65d8246e560768a66b9106a592c8e7f26c8a7"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "shellingham"
 version = "1.5.4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f77dc9f..9acc9a41 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling >=1.20,<2", "hatch-vcs~=0.4.0"]
+requires = ["hatchling >=1.20,<2"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ sniffio = [
 dev = [
     "bump2version>=1.0.1",
     "hatch>=1.8",
-    "hatch-vcs~=0.4.0",
 ]
 build = [
     "build>=1.0.3",
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ fallback-version = "1.0.0rc8"
 local_scheme =  "no-local-version"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+dependencies = ["hatch-vcs~=0.4.0"]
 version-file = "src/easynetwork/version.py"
 template = '''
 # Copyright 2021-2024, Francis Clairicia-Rose-Claire-Josephine