diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b6ca4e..18a1ce6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -399,3 +399,6 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 *.lnk
 
 # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs
+
+# hatch-vcs
+cherry_picker/_version.py
diff --git a/cherry_picker/__init__.py b/cherry_picker/__init__.py
index 843751f..5a6ec37 100644
--- a/cherry_picker/__init__.py
+++ b/cherry_picker/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import importlib.metadata
+from ._version import __version__
 
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 35a72fc..a0021ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ source = "vcs"
 # Change regex to match tags like "cherry-picker-v2.2.0".
 tag-pattern = '^cherry-picker-(?P<version>[vV]?\d+(?:\.\d+){0,2}[^\+]*)(?:\+.*)?$'
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "cherry_picker/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"