diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
index 422dc9e..88cd6cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 656291f..97871cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # Pip generated folders #
 #########################
 keepa.egg-info/
+src/*.egg-info/
+src/keepa/_version.py
 build/
 dist/
 keepa/__pycache__/
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index aa46264..377b921 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # import pydata_sphinx_theme  # noqa
 from datetime import datetime
 import importlib
+import importlib.metadata
 import inspect
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -15,6 +16,19 @@
 with (PROJECT_ROOT / "pyproject.toml").open("rb") as project_file:
     project_metadata = tomllib.load(project_file)["project"]
 
+
+def get_release() -> str:
+    """Return the installed package version for Sphinx."""
+    try:
+        return importlib.metadata.version("keepa")
+    except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        try:
+            from setuptools_scm import get_version
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            return "0.0.0"
+        return get_version(root=PROJECT_ROOT, fallback_version="1.5.0.dev0")
+
+
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 #
 # needs_sphinx = '1.0'
@@ -109,7 +123,7 @@ def linkcode_resolve(domain: str, info: dict[str, str]) -> str | None:
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = project_metadata["version"]
+release = get_release()
 version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0b2efaf..164ef0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
-requires = ["flit_core >=3,<4"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["setuptools >=64", "setuptools-scm >=8"]
 
 [project]
 authors = [
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydantic >=2"
 ]
 description = "Interfaces with keepa.com's API."
+dynamic = ["version"]
 keywords = ["keepa"]
 name = "keepa"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "1.5.dev0"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 doc = [
@@ -70,3 +70,12 @@ line-length = 100
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 ignore = []
 select = ["E", "F", "W", "I001"]  # pyflakes, pycodestyle, isort
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+fallback_version = "1.5.0.dev0"
+git_describe_command = "git describe --dirty --tags --long --match v*"
+tag_regex = "^v(?P<version>[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(?:[abrc][0-9]+)?(?:\\.post[0-9]+)?(?:\\.dev[0-9]+)?)$"
+version_file = "src/keepa/_version.py"
diff --git a/src/keepa/__init__.py b/src/keepa/__init__.py
index 5f748e4..10068fb 100644
--- a/src/keepa/__init__.py
+++ b/src/keepa/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
-# single source versioning from the installed package (stored in pyproject.toml)
+# Single source versioning from installed package metadata.
 try:
     __version__ = version("keepa")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e5a7cac..0145473 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 name = "keepa"
 source = {editable = "."}
-version = "1.5.dev0"
 
 [package.metadata]
 provides-extras = ["doc", "test"]