diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a56c6a674..a041d9958 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ __pycache__
 
 *.egg-info
 
+# Auto-generated version file
+toolchain/mfc/_version.py
+
 .DS_Store
 
 /tests/*/**
diff --git a/toolchain/pyproject.toml b/toolchain/pyproject.toml
index f7fffce1c..0155b5ca6 100644
--- a/toolchain/pyproject.toml
+++ b/toolchain/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "mfc"
-version = "4.9.6"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
     # General
     "rich",
@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [tool.hatch.metadata]
 allow-direct-references = true
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
+[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
+root = ".."
+relative_to = "pyproject.toml"
+version_file = "mfc/_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "mfc/_version.py"