diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54dbae266..595727dd1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "lightspeed-stack"
-version = "0.0.1"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "LLM tooling stack"
 authors = []
 requires-python = ">=3.11.1,<=3.12.10"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=14.0.0",
 ]
 
+[tool.pdm.version]
+source = "file"
+path = "src/version.py"
+
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack"
 Issues = "https://github.com/lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack/issues"
@@ -49,6 +53,10 @@ source-roots = "src"
 [tool.pdm]
 distribution = true
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["pdm-backend"]
+build-backend = "pdm.backend"
+
 [tool.pdm.scripts]
 start = "make run"
 test-unit = "make test-unit"