diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8662626d31..dcf26c662e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ NPM_BIN ?= npm
 CHROMIUM_BIN=/tmp/chrome-linux/chrome
 GIT_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 MANAGEMENT_COMMAND ?= awx-manage
-VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) setup.py --version)
-COLLECTION_VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) setup.py --version | cut -d . -f 1-3)
+VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) -m setuptools_scm)
+COLLECTION_VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) -m setuptools_scm | cut -d . -f 1-3)
 
 # NOTE: This defaults the container image version to the branch that's active
 COMPOSE_TAG ?= $(GIT_BRANCH)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3dbfd016a3..351a98ee3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ line-length = 160
 fast = true
 skip-string-normalization = true
 exclude = "awx_collection"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]