diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fb59ea..0000000
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-[bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.0.1
-commit = False
-tag = false
-parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
-serialize =
-	{major}.{minor}.{patch}.{release}{build}
-	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
-
-[bumpversion:part:release]
-optional_value = prod
-first_value = dev
-values =
-	dev
-	prod
-
-[bumpversion:part:build]
-
-[bumpversion:file:docs/conf.py]
-
-[bumpversion:file:rimseval/__init__.py]
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index cab3119..5519b0c 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [flake8]
 select = B,B9,BLK,C,D,DAR,E,F,I,S,W
 
+exclude = rimseval/_version.py
+
 # black configuration
 ignore = E203,E501,W503
 max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index b43bd4f..75c873a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flit
+        pip install flit flit-scm setuptools-scm
     - name: Build and publish
       env:
         FLIT_USERNAME: '__token__'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cff3ba5..54e12fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ lib64
 .nox
 .pytest_cache
 htmlcov
+
+# flit scm version stuff
+rimseval/_version.py
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index f2fd320..1773ced 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ version: 2
 
 # Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.11"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ formats:
 python:
    install:
      - method: pip
-       path: .
+       path: .[doc]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5fcec41..6c627a1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 sys.path.append("../")
 
+from rimseval._version import __version__ as version  # noqa E402
+
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "RIMSEval"
 author = "Reto Trappitsch"
-copyright = f"2021, {author}"
-version = "2.0.1"
+copyright = f"2020-2023, {author}"
 release = version
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7f27d5..bc3accd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["flit_core >=2,<4"]
-build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+requires = ["flit_scm"]
+build-backend = "flit_scm:buildapi"
 
 [tool.flit.metadata]
 module = "rimseval"
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ test = [
 minversion = "6.0"
 addopts = "--cov=rimseval -v"
 testpaths = "tests"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "rimseval/_version.py"
diff --git a/rimseval/__init__.py b/rimseval/__init__.py
index 1e6244a..ac06045 100644
--- a/rimseval/__init__.py
+++ b/rimseval/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from . import guis
 from . import interfacer
 from . import utilities
+from ._version import __version__
 from .multi_proc import MultiFileProcessor
 from .processor import CRDFileProcessor
 
@@ -22,11 +23,9 @@
     "interfacer",
     "MultiFileProcessor",
     "utilities",
+    "__version__",
 ]
 
-# Package information
-__version__ = "2.0.1"
-
 __title__ = "rimseval"
 __description__ = (
     "Evaluate resonance ionization mass spectrometry measurements, correct, and "
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@
 __author__ = "Reto Trappitsch"
 
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2022, Reto Trappitsch"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2020-2023, Reto Trappitsch"