diff --git a/medcat-demo-app/webapp/Dockerfile b/medcat-demo-app/webapp/Dockerfile
index 4ce1c9ecf..4c0d581d4 100644
--- a/medcat-demo-app/webapp/Dockerfile
+++ b/medcat-demo-app/webapp/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN pip install -U pip && if [ "$USE_CPU_TORCH" = "true" ]; then \
 ARG REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL=false
 RUN if [ "$REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL" = "true" ]; then \
         echo "Reinstalling medcat based on relative path"; \
-        pip install -e "/webapp/medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
+        SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="2.4.0-dev0" pip install -e "/webapp/medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
     fi
 
 # Get the spacy model (for later copy)
diff --git a/medcat-service/Dockerfile b/medcat-service/Dockerfile
index 0c1ca1796..cf6eb8fe9 100644
--- a/medcat-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/medcat-service/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ COPY . /cat
 ARG REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL=false
 RUN if [ "$REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL" = "true" ]; then \
         echo "Reinstalling medcat based on relative path"; \
-        pip install -e "./medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
+        SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="2.4.0-dev0" pip install -e "./medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
     fi
 
 # Now run the simple api
diff --git a/medcat-service/Dockerfile_gpu b/medcat-service/Dockerfile_gpu
index 5f756bf2b..2086e64f5 100644
--- a/medcat-service/Dockerfile_gpu
+++ b/medcat-service/Dockerfile_gpu
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ COPY . /cat
 ARG REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL=false
 RUN if [ "$REINSTALL_CORE_FROM_LOCAL" = "true" ]; then \
         echo "Reinstalling medcat based on relative path"; \
-        pip install -e "./medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
+        SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="2.4.0-dev0" pip install -e "./medcat-v2[meta-cat,spacy]"; \
     fi
 
 # Now run the simple api
diff --git a/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_minor_release.sh b/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_minor_release.sh
index 415d9ac97..ee9299dfe 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_minor_release.sh
+++ b/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_minor_release.sh
@@ -67,18 +67,6 @@ fi
 # NOTE: will overwrite release branch if --force is specified
 run_or_echo git checkout -B "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
 
-# Update version in pyproject.toml
-if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
-    # macOS (BSD sed)
-    run_or_echo sed -i \'\' \'s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"\'$VERSION\'\"/\' pyproject.toml
-else
-    # Linux (GNU sed)
-    run_or_echo sed -i \'s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"\'$VERSION\'\"/\' pyproject.toml
-fi
-
-run_or_echo git add pyproject.toml
-run_or_echo git commit -m \"Bump version to $VERSION for release\"
-
 # Create and push tag
 run_or_echo git tag -a \"$VERSION_TAG\" -m \"Release v$VERSION\"
 run_or_echo git push origin \"$RELEASE_BRANCH\"
diff --git a/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_patch_release.sh b/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_patch_release.sh
index d4700235c..31aba83aa 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_patch_release.sh
+++ b/medcat-v2/.release/prepare_patch_release.sh
@@ -169,20 +169,6 @@ for HASH in "${CHERRYPICK_HASHES[@]-}"; do
     fi
 done
 
-
-# Update version in pyproject.toml
-if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
-    # macOS (BSD sed)
-    run_or_echo sed -i \'\' \'s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"\'$VERSION\'\"/\' pyproject.toml
-else
-    # Linux (GNU sed)
-    run_or_echo sed -i \'s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"\'$VERSION\'\"/\' pyproject.toml
-fi
-
-# add and commit changes
-run_or_echo git add pyproject.toml
-run_or_echo git commit -m \"Bump version to $VERSION\" --allow-empty
-
 # now do the tagging
 # NOTE: can force since without the `--force` flag we would have checked
 #       for existing tag
diff --git a/medcat-v2/pyproject.toml b/medcat-v2/pyproject.toml
index b7bc6095d..2488f6ade 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/pyproject.toml
+++ b/medcat-v2/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "medcat"
 
-version = "2.2.0-dev"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 description = "Medical Concept Annotation Toolkit (v2)"
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
   #   3 - Alpha
   #   4 - Beta
   #   5 - Production/Stable
-  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
 
   "Intended Audience :: Healthcare Industry",
   # "Topic :: Natural Language Processing :: Named Entity Recognition and Linking",
@@ -128,9 +128,22 @@ test = []  # TODO - list
 [build-system]
 # These are the assumed default build requirements from pip:
 # https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip/#pep-517-and-518-support
-requires = ["setuptools>=43.0.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=43.0.0", "setuptools_scm>=8", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = { "medcat" = "medcat" }
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["medcat*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+# look for .git folder in root of repo
+root = ".."
+version_scheme = "post-release"
+tag_regex = "^medcat/v(?P<version>\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)(?:[ab]\\d+|rc\\d+)?$"
+local_scheme = "node-and-date"
+
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 # 1. Enable some extra checks for ruff
 select = ["E", "F"]