diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 02df019..a585d9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # include tags and full history for setuptools_scm
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - run: make build
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6909d48..2c9f4a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm[toml]"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "lxa-iobus"
 description = "Linux Automation IOBus Server"
-version = "0.5.1"
 authors = [
   { name = "Linux Automation GmbH", email = "info@linux-automation.com" },
 ]
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "python-can",
   "janus",
 ]
+dynamic = ["version"] # via setuptools_scm
 
 [project.scripts]
 optick = "lxa_iobus.cli.optick:main"
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ packages = [
 ]
 include-package-data = true
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 119