diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
index 42ed76565c2..45abab99bbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -15,56 +15,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Pull configuration from xs-opam
-        run: |
-          curl --fail --silent https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xapi-project/xs-opam/master/tools/xs-opam-ci.env | cut -f2 -d " " > .env
-
-      - name: Load environment file
-        id: dotenv
-        uses: falti/dotenv-action@v1.0.2
-
-      - name: Use python 
+      - name: Use python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
-      - name: Retrieve date for cache key
-        id: cache-key
-        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Restore opam cache
-        id: opam-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: "~/.opam"
-          # invalidate cache daily, gets built daily using a scheduled job
-          key: ${{ steps.cache-key.outputs.date }}
-
-      - name: Use ocaml
-        uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v1
-        with:
-          ocaml-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.ocaml_version_full }}
-          opam-repository: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.repository }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
-          opam update
-          opam pin add xapi-datamodel . --no-action
-          opam upgrade
-          opam install xapi-stdext-unix xapi-datamodel
+          pip install build
+          sudo apt-get install ocaml dune libfindlib-ocaml-dev libdune-ocaml-dev libcmdliner-ocaml-dev
 
       - name: Generate python package for XenAPI
         run: |
-          opam exec -- ./configure
-          opam exec -- make python
+          ./configure --xapi-version=${{ github.ref_name }}
+          make python
 
       - name: Draft Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
-        id: create_release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          files: |
-            scripts/examples/python/dist/*
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          draft: true
-          generate_release_notes: true
+        run: gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} --draft --generate-notes
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        run: gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} scripts/examples/python/dist/* 
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/quality-gate.sh b/quality-gate.sh
index 559a0884cc3..c42d718cbf8 100755
--- a/quality-gate.sh
+++ b/quality-gate.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ verify-cert () {
 }
 
 mli-files () {
-  N=510
+  N=509
   # do not count ml files from the tests in ocaml/{tests/perftest/quicktest}
   MLIS=$(git ls-files -- '**/*.mli' | grep -vE "ocaml/tests|ocaml/perftest|ocaml/quicktest" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} | cut -f 1 -d '.'" \;)
   MLS=$(git  ls-files -- '**/*.ml'  | grep -vE "ocaml/tests|ocaml/perftest|ocaml/quicktest" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} | cut -f 1 -d '.'" \;)
diff --git a/scripts/examples/python/Makefile b/scripts/examples/python/Makefile
index 03d8d70cb6f..251f747250d 100644
--- a/scripts/examples/python/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/examples/python/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 PROFILE=release
+SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION ?= ""
 
 .PHONY: build clean
 
-build: setup.py
-	pip wheel -w dist --no-deps .
-	python setup.py sdist
-
-setup.py:
-	dune build --profile=$(PROFILE) ./setuppy_gen.exe
-	dune exec --profile=$(PROFILE) -- ./setuppy_gen.exe
+build:
+	SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(XAPI_VERSION) python -m build --wheel .
+	SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(XAPI_VERSION) python -m build --sdist .
 
 clean:
 	dune clean
-	rm -rf setup.py dist/ build/ XenAPI.egg-info/
+	rm -rf dist/ build/ XenAPI.egg-info/
diff --git a/scripts/examples/python/dune b/scripts/examples/python/dune
deleted file mode 100644
index d764aa66a66..00000000000
--- a/scripts/examples/python/dune
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-(executable
-  (modes byte exe)
-  (name setuppy_gen)
-  (libraries
-    dune-build-info
-    xapi-stdext-unix
-    xapi-datamodel
-  )
-)
-
diff --git a/scripts/examples/python/pyproject.toml b/scripts/examples/python/pyproject.toml
index 4e50ea74011..f556f2539ab 100644
--- a/scripts/examples/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/scripts/examples/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 38.6.0", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
+requires = ["setuptools >= 38.6.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+root = "../../.."
diff --git a/scripts/examples/python/setuppy_gen.ml b/scripts/examples/python/setuppy_gen.ml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa73befb3ac..00000000000
--- a/scripts/examples/python/setuppy_gen.ml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-let filename = Filename.concat "." "setup.py"
-
-let setuppy =
-  Printf.sprintf "from setuptools import setup\n\nsetup(version='%s')\n"
-    Datamodel_common.api_version_string
-
-let () = Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext.write_string_to_file filename setuppy