diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index befd5af..4c6267e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+
 jobs:
   # Always build & lint package.
   build-package:
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to Test PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
+          attestations: true
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
 
   # Publish to PyPI on GitHub Releases.
@@ -78,3 +82,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          attestations: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 388811d..276a00b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Test
 
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
 
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 009c104..353ced5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -90,3 +90,6 @@ ENV/
 
 # pytest
 .pytest_cache/
+
+# hatch-vcs
+src/*/_version.py
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a8986c4..c076739 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,26 +2,39 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
+      - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-case-conflict
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: forbid-submodules
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+    rev: 0.29.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-dependabot
+      - id: check-github-workflows
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
+    rev: v1.7.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: actionlint
+
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: 2.1.3
+    rev: 2.2.4
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
 
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
-    rev: v0.18
+    rev: v0.20.2
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject
 
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox-ini-fmt
-    rev: 1.3.1
+    rev: 1.4.1
     hooks:
       - id: tox-ini-fmt
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a7e7bf..1409fc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 1.2.2
+## 1.3.1
 
 - Add the `-i/--issue` and `-s/--section` options to the `add` command.
   This lets you pre-fill the `gh-issue` and `section` fields in the template.
+  Added by @picnixz in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/16.
+
+## 1.3.0
+
+* Add support for Python 3.13 by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/26
+* Drop support for Python 3.8 by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/27
+* Generate digital attestations for PyPI (PEP 740) by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/28
+* Allow running blurb test from blurb-* directories by @hroncok in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/24
+* Add `version` subcommand by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/29
+* Generate `__version__` at build to avoid slow `importlib.metadata` import by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/blurb/pull/30
 
 ## 1.2.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9045c2c..eea1f46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ and automatically uses the correct file paths.
 You can install **blurb** from PyPI using `pip`.  Alternatively,
 simply add `blurb` to a directory on your path.
 
-**blurb**'s only dependency is Python 3.8+.
-
 
 ## Files used by blurb
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0843f61..713dfb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ maintainers = [
 authors = [
   { name = "Larry Hastings", email = "larry@hastings.org" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@ scripts.blurb = "blurb.blurb:main"
 [tool.hatch]
 version.source = "vcs"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "src/blurb/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
diff --git a/src/blurb/__init__.py b/src/blurb/__init__.py
index 63dfcac..8dee4bf 100644
--- a/src/blurb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/blurb/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-import importlib.metadata
-
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
+from ._version import __version__
diff --git a/src/blurb/blurb.py b/src/blurb/blurb.py
index c893dc2..285311a 100755
--- a/src/blurb/blurb.py
+++ b/src/blurb/blurb.py
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def save_next(self):
 tests_run = 0
 
 class TestParserPasses(unittest.TestCase):
-    directory = "blurb/tests/pass"
+    directory = "tests/pass"
 
     def filename_test(self, filename):
         b = Blurbs()
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ def test_files(self):
 
 
 class TestParserFailures(TestParserPasses):
-    directory = "blurb/tests/fail"
+    directory = "tests/fail"
 
     def filename_test(self, filename):
         b = Blurbs()
@@ -745,6 +745,13 @@ def get_subcommand(subcommand):
 
 
 
+@subcommand
+def version():
+    """Print blurb version."""
+    print("blurb version", __version__)
+
+
+
 @subcommand
 def help(subcommand=None):
     """
@@ -826,8 +833,19 @@ def help(subcommand=None):
     print(doc)
     sys.exit(0)
 
-# Make "blurb --help" work.
+# Make "blurb --help/--version/-V" work.
 subcommands["--help"] = help
+subcommands["--version"] = version
+subcommands["-V"] = version
+
+
+def _find_blurb_dir():
+    if os.path.isdir("blurb"):
+        return "blurb"
+    for path in glob.iglob("blurb-*"):
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            return path
+    return None
 
 
 @subcommand
@@ -838,12 +856,13 @@ def test(*args):
     # unittest.main doesn't work because this isn't a module
     # so we'll do it ourselves
 
-    while not os.path.isdir("blurb"):
+    while (blurb_dir := _find_blurb_dir()) is None:
         old_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir("..")
         if old_dir == os.getcwd():
             # we reached the root and never found it!
             sys.exit("Error: Couldn't find the root of your blurb repo!")
+    os.chdir(blurb_dir)
 
     print("-" * 79)
 
@@ -1379,7 +1398,7 @@ def main():
     fn = get_subcommand(subcommand)
 
     # hack
-    if fn in (test, help):
+    if fn in (help, test, version):
         sys.exit(fn(*args))
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_blurb.py b/tests/test_blurb.py
index 7cbdef6..7a2c499 100644
--- a/tests/test_blurb.py
+++ b/tests/test_blurb.py
@@ -186,3 +186,12 @@ def test_extract_next_filename(news_entry, expected_path, fs):
 
     # Assert
     assert path == expected_path
+
+
+def test_version(capfd):
+    # Act
+    blurb.version()
+
+    # Assert
+    captured = capfd.readouterr()
+    assert captured.out.startswith("blurb version ")
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 793f226..fa69718 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires =
     tox>=4.2
 env_list =
-    py{313, 312, 311, 310, 39, 38}
+    py{313, 312, 311, 310, 39}
 
 [testenv]
 extras =
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ commands =
       {posargs}
     blurb test
     blurb help
+    blurb --version
     {envpython} -I -m blurb test
     {envpython} -I -m blurb help
+    {envpython} -I -m blurb version