diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c903670..a5ef9ceb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ packages = [
     'numpydoc',
     'numpydoc.hooks',
 ]
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic.version]
+attr = 'numpydoc.__version__'
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 numpydoc = [
diff --git a/tools/pyproject.toml.in b/tools/pyproject.toml.in
index 7b43e025..8ca66ca7 100644
--- a/tools/pyproject.toml.in
+++ b/tools/pyproject.toml.in
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ packages = [
 ]
 include-package-data = false
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "numpydoc.__version__"}
+
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 numpydoc = [
     "tests/test_*.py",