diff --git a/aider/__init__.py b/aider/__init__.py
index 8ec779530..7f60aca4d 100644
--- a/aider/__init__.py
+++ b/aider/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = "0.54.9-dev+0000000"
+from setuptools_scm import get_version
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_version(root='..', relative_to=__file__)
+except Exception:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4defa2772..ab5384205 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider"
 aider = "aider.main:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "aider.__init__.__version__" }
 dependencies = { file = "requirements.txt" }
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic.optional-dependencies]
@@ -63,5 +62,8 @@ include = ["aider*", "aider.website"]
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "aider/__version__.py"