diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 9f79306..ab9e513 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: testing
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches: [main]
 
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies & package
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[strict,tests,dev]
-          pip install .
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          pip freeze
+          pip install -e .[strict,tests,dev]
 
       - name: Lint
         run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 997002b..eaa3dd4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ repos:
     additional_dependencies: [black]
     exclude: README.md
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 5.11.4
+  rev: 5.12.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a331fb..a83870d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 This is an example add-on package for [atomate2](https://github.com/materialsproject/atomate2).
 
-It is heavily based on
-the equivalent [add-on template for pymatgen](https://github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen-addon-template).
+It is heavily based on the equivalent
+[add-on template for pymatgen](https://github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen-addon-template).
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a90898..fb2dce4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 42", "versioningit ~= 1.0", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs >= 0.3.0"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-[tools.setuptools]
-packages = ["atomate2.myaddon"]
-[tools.setuptools.find]
-where = ["src"]
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "_version.py"
 
 [project]
 name = "atomate2-myaddon"
@@ -42,10 +43,6 @@ strict = ["atomate2[strict]"]
 [project.urls]
 repository = "https://github.com/matgenix/atomate2-addon-template"
 
-[tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method = "git"
-default-tag = "0.0.1"
-
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 
diff --git a/src/atomate2/myaddon/__init__.py b/src/atomate2/myaddon/__init__.py
index e69de29..754b350 100644
--- a/src/atomate2/myaddon/__init__.py
+++ b/src/atomate2/myaddon/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from atomate2.myaddon._version import __version__