diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da41a7a..72b8919 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ dev_notebooks/
 docs/_build/
 
 # Packaging
-_version.py
\ No newline at end of file
+_version.py
+*.whl
+*.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3723f3e..e3750d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]