diff --git a/src/scikit_build_core/_version.pyi b/src/scikit_build_core/_version.pyi
index c34d62452..23e6eab08 100644
--- a/src/scikit_build_core/_version.pyi
+++ b/src/scikit_build_core/_version.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__: str
 version: str
-__version_tuple__: tuple[int, int, int, str, str] | tuple[int, int, int]
 version_tuple: tuple[int, int, int, str, str] | tuple[int, int, int]
+
+# Note that newer versions of setuptools_scm also add __version__, but we are
+# not forcing new versions of setuptools_scm, so only these imports are allowed.
diff --git a/src/scikit_build_core/build/_wheelfile.py b/src/scikit_build_core/build/_wheelfile.py
index 877ea96c3..f2aef57d9 100644
--- a/src/scikit_build_core/build/_wheelfile.py
+++ b/src/scikit_build_core/build/_wheelfile.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 from packaging.utils import BuildTag
 from pyproject_metadata import StandardMetadata
 
+from .. import __version__
 from .._compat.typing import Self
-from .._version import __version__
 
 EMAIL_POLICY = EmailPolicy(max_line_length=0, mangle_from_=False, utf8=True)
 
diff --git a/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py b/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py
index 883b418f0..fed2ba9d7 100644
--- a/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py
+++ b/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 from packaging.version import Version
 
+from . import __version__
 from ._compat.typing import Self
 from ._logging import logger
 from ._shutil import Run
-from ._version import __version__
 from .errors import CMakeConfigError, CMakeNotFoundError, FailedLiveProcessError
 from .program_search import best_program, get_cmake_programs