diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd22314..8a0fe8a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8", "setuptools-git-versioning"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8", "setuptools-git-versioning<2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
-enabled = true
-
 [project]
 name = "scope"
-
 authors = [
     {name = "Arjun Savel", email = "asavel@umd.edu"},
     {name= "Megan Bedell"},
@@ -18,7 +14,6 @@ authors = [
     {name= "Jorge A. Sanchez"},
     {name= "Michael R. Line"},
 ]
-
 description = "Simulating high-resolution spectroscopy of exoplanet atmospheres."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -51,11 +46,16 @@ dependencies = [
     "pymc>=4",
     "schwimmbad",
 ]
-
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "scope/_version.py"
 
+[tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
+enabled = true
+template = "{tag}"
+dev_template = "{tag}.post{ccount}+git.{sha}"
+dirty_template = "{tag}.post{ccount}+git.{sha}.dirty"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/arjunsavel/scope"