diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aab48ec..d7294f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -142,3 +142,6 @@ cython_debug/
 
 .DS_Store
 .vscode
+
+# Version file generated by setuptools-scm
+src/targetdb/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a84401..79c6f14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ source = "https://github.com/Subaru-PFS/ets_target_database"
 pfs-targetdb-cli = "targetdb.cli.cli_main:app"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["ipython", "pytest", "black", "ruff"]
+dev = ["ipython", "pytest", "black", "ruff", "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
 doc = ["mkdocs", "mkdocs-material[imaging]", "mkdocstrings-python"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
@@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ ignore = [
 package-dir = { "" = "src" }
 include-package-data = true
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "targetdb.__version__" }
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "src/targetdb/_version.py"
+tag_regex = "^v\\.?(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)$"
diff --git a/src/targetdb/__init__.py b/src/targetdb/__init__.py
index 2f0aa7e..33216f8 100644
--- a/src/targetdb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/targetdb/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 from .targetdb import TargetDB
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+try:
+    from ._version import version as __version__
+except ImportError:
+    # Fallback for development without build
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
 
 __all__ = ["TargetDB", "__version__"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d4075bd..a5341d8 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pandas" },
     { name = "psycopg2-binary" },
     { name = "pyarrow" },
+    { name = "requests" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy-utils" },
     { name = "tabulate" },
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "ipython" },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "ruff" },
+    { name = "setuptools-scm" },
 ]
 doc = [
     { name = "mkdocs" },
@@ -319,6 +321,11 @@ doc = [
     { name = "mkdocstrings-python" },
 ]
 
+[package.dev-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    { name = "setuptools-scm" },
+]
+
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "alembic" },
@@ -335,7 +342,9 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "psycopg2-binary" },
     { name = "pyarrow" },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
+    { name = "requests" },
     { name = "ruff", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
+    { name = "setuptools-scm", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy-utils" },
     { name = "tabulate" },
@@ -344,6 +353,9 @@ requires-dist = [
 ]
 provides-extras = ["dev", "doc"]
 
+[package.metadata.requires-dev]
+dev = [{ name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" }]
+
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+name = "setuptools-scm"
+version = "9.2.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
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