diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 91adeb6..abb6ebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
@@ -62,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b0eef53..787f987 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     environment: pypi
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/customerio/__version__.py b/customerio/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f5f41e5..0000000
--- a/customerio/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "3.1.0"
diff --git a/customerio/client_base.py b/customerio/client_base.py
index 74c9d7d..4e63dd7 100644
--- a/customerio/client_base.py
+++ b/customerio/client_base.py
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 import math
 import socket
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from requests import Session
 from requests.adapters import DEFAULT_POOLBLOCK, HTTPAdapter
 from urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection
 from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 
-from .__version__ import __version__ as ClientVersion
+ClientVersion = version("customerio")
 
 TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE_TIMEOUT = 300
 TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL = 60
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7ee57c..40cb20a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=77", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "setuptools-scm>=8", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "customerio"
 dynamic = ["version"]
+# Version is derived from git tags via setuptools-scm (e.g. tag v3.0.0 → version 3.0.0)
 description = "Customer.io Python bindings."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/customerio/customerio-python"
 Releases = "https://github.com/customerio/customerio-python/releases"
 Issues = "https://github.com/customerio/customerio-python/issues"
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "customerio.__version__.__version__" }
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "guess-next-dev"
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["customerio*"]
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 2b71c63..d994f25 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import json
 import unittest
 from functools import partial
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import urllib3
 
@@ -15,9 +16,10 @@
     SendPushRequest,
     SendSMSRequest,
 )
-from customerio.__version__ import __version__ as ClientVersion
 from tests.server import HTTPSTestCase
 
+ClientVersion = version("customerio")
+
 # test uses a self signed certificate so disable the warning messages
 urllib3.disable_warnings()