diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..815e243274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "axolotl"
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
+description = "LLM Trainer"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 336da98f4b..ac2fd9d421 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """setup.py for axolotl"""
-
 import platform
 import re
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ def parse_requirements():
 
 setup(
     name="axolotl",
-    version="0.5.2",
+    use_scm_version=True,
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     description="LLM Trainer",
     long_description="Axolotl is a tool designed to streamline the fine-tuning of various AI models, offering support for multiple configurations and architectures.",
     package_dir={"": "src"},
diff --git a/src/axolotl/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..e555ece480 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Axolotl - Train and fine-tune large language models"""
+
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+
+    __version__ = version("axolotl")
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = "unknown"