diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9e9c74538..35581bc3c 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,24 +12,20 @@
 #
 import os
 import sys
-from configparser import ConfigParser
 from datetime import datetime
+from importlib.metadata import version as metadata_version
 
 base_path = os.path.abspath("../..")
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(base_path, "src"))
 
-setup_cfg = ConfigParser()
-setup_cfg.read(os.path.join(base_path, "setup.cfg"))
-
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
-project = setup_cfg["metadata"]["name"]
-copyright = "{}, {}".format(datetime.today().year, setup_cfg["metadata"]["author"])
-author = setup_cfg["metadata"]["author"]
+project = "qbittorrent-api"
+author = "Russell Martin"
+copyright = f"{datetime.today().year}, {author}"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-version = release = "v" + setup_cfg["metadata"]["version"]
-
+release = metadata_version("qbittorrent-api")
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions coming
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f48ba3ea..13d01ec6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >=61"]
+requires = ["setuptools >=64", "setuptools-scm >=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "qbittorrent-api"
-version = "2023.10.54"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 description = "Python client for qBittorrent v4.1+ Web API."
 authors = [{name = "Russell Martin"}]
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
     "Topic :: Communications :: File Sharing",
 ]
-dynamic = ["readme"]
+dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
 dependencies = [
     "requests >= 2.16.0",
     "urllib3 >= 1.24.2",
@@ -63,6 +62,9 @@ dev = [
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 readme = {file = ["README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "LICENSE"], content-type = "text/markdown"}
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+# section must be present to trigger its use
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 skip_glob = ["venv*"]