diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c8c6822..e9c946e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ install: submodules
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 	@command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "uv not found. Installing uv..."; curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh; }
-	@rm -f hate_crack/_version.py
 	@UV_BIN=$$(command -v uv 2>/dev/null || echo "$$HOME/.local/bin/uv"); \
 		"$$UV_BIN" sync
 	@mkdir -p "$${XDG_BIN_HOME:-$$HOME/.local/bin}"
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ dev-reinstall: uninstall dev-install
 clean:
 	-$(MAKE) -C hashcat-utils clean
 	-@if [ -f .gitmodules ]; then git submodule deinit -f --all; fi
-	rm -rf .pytest_cache .ruff_cache build dist *.egg-info hate_crack/_version.py
+	rm -rf .pytest_cache .ruff_cache build dist *.egg-info
 	rm -rf ~/.cache/uv
 	find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf {} +
 
diff --git a/hate_crack/__init__.py b/hate_crack/__init__.py
index 6b0d048..b37cd9a 100644
--- a/hate_crack/__init__.py
+++ b/hate_crack/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 # hate_crack package
 import re as _re
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError as _PackageNotFoundError
+from importlib.metadata import version as _pkg_version
 
-from hate_crack._version import __version__ as _raw_version
-from hate_crack._version import __version_tuple__
+try:
+    _raw_version = _pkg_version("hate_crack")
+except _PackageNotFoundError:
+    _raw_version = "0.0.0"
 
 # Clean setuptools-scm version for display:
 #   "2.0.post1.dev0+g05b5d6dc7.d20260214" → "2.0+g05b5d6dc7"
 #   "2.0.post1.dev1+g1234abc"              → "2.0+g1234abc"
 #   "2.0"                                  → "2.0"
 __version__ = _re.sub(r"(\.post\d+\.dev\d+|\.d\d{8})", "", _raw_version)
+__version_tuple__ = tuple(
+    int(x) if x.isdigit() else x for x in __version__.split(".")
+)
 
 __all__ = ["__version__", "__version_tuple__"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 354742f..e00da6c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ hate_crack = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-version_file = "hate_crack/_version.py"
 version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"
 
 [tool.ruff]