diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index ca8737e..ea79b1a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 !uv.lock
 !pyproject.toml
 !README.md
+!.git/
 
 **/__pycache__/
diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
index 8278bb4..ca7a800 100644
--- a/.releaserc.yml
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -4,17 +4,6 @@ tagFormat: "v${version}"
 plugins:
 - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
 - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
-- - "semantic-release-replace-plugin"
-  - replacements:
-    - files: [ "pyproject.toml" ]
-      from: "version = \"0.0.0\""
-      to: "version = \"${nextRelease.version}\""
-      countMatches: true
-      results:
-        - file: "pyproject.toml"
-          hasChanged: true
-          numMatches: 1
-          numReplacements: 1
 - - "@semantic-release/exec"
   - verifyConditionsCmd: echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
     verifyReleaseCmd: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index afcc085..aae6cb8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RUN --mount=from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8,source=/uv,target=/bin/uv \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=.git/,target=.git/,ro \
     uv sync --locked --no-install-project --no-editable
 
 # =========
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ RUN --mount=from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8,source=/uv,target=/bin/uv \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=.git/,target=.git/,ro \
     uv sync --locked --no-install-project --group=docs
 COPY docs ./docs
 COPY CONTRIBUTING.md mkdocs.yml ./
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ RUN --mount=from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8,source=/uv,target=/bin/uv \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=.git/,target=.git/,ro \
     uv sync --locked --no-editable
 
 # =========
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b4bd96..1186e6e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "gitopscli"
-version = "0.0.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "GitOps CLI is a command line interface (CLI) to perform operations on GitOps managed infrastructure repositories, including updates in YAML files."
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Siegel", email = "christian.siegel@gmx.net" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <4"
@@ -40,12 +40,18 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "uv-dynamic-versioning"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [virtualenvs]
 in-project = true
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "uv-dynamic-versioning"
+
+[tool.uv-dynamic-versioning]
+fallback-version = "0.0.0"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
 target-version = "py311"
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_version.py b/tests/commands/test_version.py
index 297f0bd..75863c6 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_version.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ class VersionCommandTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_output(self):
         with captured_output() as stdout:
             VersionCommand(VersionCommand.Args()).execute()
-        assert re.match(r"^GitOps CLI version \d+\.\d+\.\d+\n$", stdout.getvalue())
+        assert re.match(r"^GitOps CLI version \d+\.\d+\.\d+.*\n$", stdout.getvalue())
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index cc1ec92..812b5f0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitopscli"
-version = "0.0.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "atlassian-python-api" },