diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae668b707..4216b9c5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ dist/
 Gemfile.lock
 _site
 .jekyll-cache/
-.jekyll-metadata
\ No newline at end of file
+.jekyll-metadata
+aider/__version__.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab5384205..7e78a16dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ include = ["aider*", "aider.website"]
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index bedaae524..3c741eec5 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ importlib_resources
 pyperclip
 pexpect
 json5
-setuptools_scm>=6.2
+setuptools_scm>=8
 
 # The proper depdendency is networkx[default], but this brings
 # in matplotlib and a bunch of other deps