diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e8b6bdf..d48744c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
       - name: Publish package
         if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@0bf742be3ebe032c25dd15117957dc15d0cfc38d
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c3ffcc1..13f90fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: make install
       - name: Publish package
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@0bf742be3ebe032c25dd15117957dc15d0cfc38d
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
           skip-existing: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03bc075..f4cae4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ ENV/
 poetry.lock
 .DS_Store
 *.sqlite3
-_version.py
+workedon/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69e8cb8..26663aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ write = { file = "workedon/_version.py" }
 method = "smallest"
 
 [tool.versioningit.format]
-distance = "{next_version}.dev{distance}"
-dirty = "{base_version}.dev{distance}+dirty"
-distance-dirty = "{next_version}.dev{distance}+dirty"
\ No newline at end of file
+distance = "{next_version}.dev{build_date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}"
+dirty = "{base_version}.dev{build_date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}+dirty"
+distance-dirty = "{next_version}.dev{build_date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}+dirty"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a1dc62..33d9ff5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-import versioningit
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
     "click>=8.1.1",
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@
     "platformdirs>=2.6.0",
 ]
 
-SETUP_REQUIREMENTS = ["versioningit"]
-
 curr_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
@@ -32,10 +29,11 @@ def get_file_text(file_name):
 name = _init["__name__"]
 author = _init["__author__"]
 email = _init["__email__"]
+version = _init["__version__"]
 
 setup(
     name=name,
-    version=versioningit.get_version(),
+    version=version,
     description="Work tracking from your shell.",
     long_description=get_file_text("README.md") + "\n\n" + get_file_text("CHANGELOG.md"),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ def get_file_text(file_name):
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     keywords="workedon work worklog log journal",
     install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
-    setup_requires=SETUP_REQUIREMENTS,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "workedon=workedon.__main__:main",