diff --git a/iblrig/__init__.py b/iblrig/__init__.py
index 18bc085eb..451807ae9 100644
--- a/iblrig/__init__.py
+++ b/iblrig/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools_scm import get_version
 from pathlib import Path
+from iblrig.constants import BASE_DIR
 from importlib import metadata
 
-__version__ = get_version(root='..', relative_to=__file__, version_scheme="post-release", local_scheme="dirty-tag",
+__version__ = get_version(root=BASE_DIR, version_scheme="post-release", local_scheme="dirty-tag",
                           fallback_version=metadata.version('iblrig'), write_to=Path('iblrig', '_version.py'))
diff --git a/iblrig/version_management.py b/iblrig/version_management.py
index 47b6340ec..ddfac0ac9 100644
--- a/iblrig/version_management.py
+++ b/iblrig/version_management.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def check_for_updates() -> tuple[bool, Union[str, None]]:
             log.info('No update available.')
         update_available = v_remote > v_local
 
-    return update_available, v_remote.base_version
+    return update_available, v_remote.base_version if v_remote else ''
 
 
 def get_local_version() -> Union[version.Version, None]:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def get_remote_version() -> Union[version.Version, None]:
         return None
     try:
         log.debug('Parsing local version string')
-        _remote_version = max([version.parse(v) for v in findall(r'/([\d.]+)', references)])
+        _remote_version = max([version.parse(v) for v in findall(r'/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)', references)])
         return _remote_version
     except (version.InvalidVersion, TypeError):
         log.error('Could not parse remote version string')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cee467ed9..98e5f702f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "PySocks",
     "PyYAML",
     "scipy",
-    "setuptools_scm>8",
+    "setuptools_scm>8.0.2",
     "sounddevice",
 ]