diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95cb3eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00a7b00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
diff --git a/proseco/__init__.py b/proseco/__init__.py
index 80c193a8..5c26ba6b 100644
--- a/proseco/__init__.py
+++ b/proseco/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = "4.7.1"
+import ska_helpers
+
+__version__ = ska_helpers.get_version(__package__)
 
 
 def get_aca_catalog(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3da56b55..eb342fa6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from proseco import __version__
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
 try:
@@ -11,7 +9,8 @@
       author='Tom Aldcroft',
       description='Probabilistic star evaluation and catalog optimization',
       author_email='taldcroft@cfa.harvard.edu',
-      version=__version__,
+      use_scm_version=True,
+      setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'setuptools_scm_git_archive'],
       zip_safe=False,
       packages=['proseco', 'proseco.tests'],
       package_data={'proseco': ['index_template*.html']},