diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index af9c741..babbb94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 33d4c16..a72d7e3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "my_package"
+version = "0.0.1"
 authors = [{name = "Example Author", email = "author@mpia.de"}]
 description = "An example package"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -13,7 +14,16 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "numpy",
 ]
-dynamic = ['version']
+
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "https://github.com/mpi-astronomy/mpia-python-template"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=60",
+    "wheel",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 docs = [
@@ -30,22 +40,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov",
 ]
 
-[project.urls]
-"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/mpi-astronomy/snowblind/issues"
-"Source Code" = "https://github.com/mpi-astronomy/snowblind"
-
-
-[build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=60",
-    "setuptools_scm>=8.0",
-    "wheel",
-]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "src/my_package/_version.py"
-
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 
@@ -56,10 +50,5 @@ exclude = [
     '.tox',
     '.eggs',
     'build',
-    '*_version.py',
 ]
 
-[tool.coverage.run]
-omit = [
-    "_version.py",
-]
diff --git a/src/my_package/__init__.py b/src/my_package/__init__.py
index 0a97904..4337403 100644
--- a/src/my_package/__init__.py
+++ b/src/my_package/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from . import _version
-
+from importlib import metadata
 
 try:
-    __version__ = _version.version
-except Exception:
+    __version__ = metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = "dev"
+    
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