diff --git a/llama_cpp/__init__.py b/llama_cpp/__init__.py
index cfea00e..2d20f06 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .llama_cpp import *
 from .llama import *
 
-from .version import __version__
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = "0.1.85"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llama_cpp/version.py b/llama_cpp/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b10da4d..0000000
--- a/llama_cpp/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.85"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8052373..f0b7ad3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "llama_cpp_python"
-version = "0.1.85"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Python bindings for the llama.cpp library"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ cmake.minimum-version = "3.12"
 minimum-version = "0.5"
 ninja.make-fallback = false
 
+[tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
+provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"
+input = "llama_cpp/__init__.py"
+
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python"
 Issues = "https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/issues"