diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b17a712d5..486641c75 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ repos:
           - sphinx
           - types-docutils
           - types-PyYAML
+          - types-setuptools
         args:
           - --python-version=3.10
         pass_filenames: false
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ repos:
           - types-dataclasses # Needed for checking py3.6 with a later interpreter
           - types-docutils
           - types-PyYAML
+          - types-setuptools
         args:
           - --python-version=3.6
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f5bf5a71c..98fef09e0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
 # Ref: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 """Configuration file for the Sphinx docs."""
 
-from functools import partial
+
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 from pathlib import Path
 from sys import path
 
-from setuptools_scm import get_version
-
 
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PROJECT_ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[1].resolve()
-get_scm_version = partial(get_version, root=PROJECT_ROOT_DIR)
 
 # Make in-tree extension importable in non-tox setups/envs, like RTD.
 # Refs:
@@ -36,23 +34,20 @@
 author = f"{project} project contributors"
 copyright = author  # pylint:disable=redefined-builtin
 
-# fmt: off
+NAVIGATOR_VERSION = get_version("ansible_navigator")
+
 # The short X.Y version
-version = ".".join(
-    get_scm_version(
-        local_scheme="no-local-version",
-    ).split(".")[:3],
-)
+# including .Z, resulting in the X.Y.Z version
+version = ".".join(NAVIGATOR_VERSION.split(".")[:3])
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = get_scm_version()
+release = NAVIGATOR_VERSION
 
 rst_epilog = f"""
 .. |project| replace:: {project}
 .. |release_l| replace:: ``v{release}``
 """
 
-
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -277,8 +272,8 @@
     "substitution",  # replace common ASCII shortcuts into their symbols
 ]
 myst_substitutions = {
-  "project": project,
-  "release": release,
-  "release_l": f"`v{release}`",
-  "version": version,
+    "project": project,
+    "release": release,
+    "release_l": f"`v{release}`",
+    "version": version,
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 242434364..54fc56003 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
     name = "Contributor-facing changes"
     showcontent = true
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
@@ -95,3 +97,5 @@ skip_glob = ["tests/fixtures/common/collections*"] # Skip ansible content due to
 
     [tool.pylint.format]
     max-line-length = 100
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]