diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dece75f..27c79cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.13.1 - 2024-11-24
+
+### Internal
+
+* Read the version from the git tag using setuptools-scm
+
 ## 1.13.0 - 2024-11-23
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/litecli/__init__.py b/litecli/__init__.py
index 9a34ccc..b3ce20e 100644
--- a/litecli/__init__.py
+++ b/litecli/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.13.0"
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("litecli")
diff --git a/litecli/main.py b/litecli/main.py
index e3e6cc7..e10212c 100644
--- a/litecli/main.py
+++ b/litecli/main.py
@@ -825,8 +825,15 @@ def get_last_query(self):
         return self.query_history[-1][0] if self.query_history else None
 
 
+def version_callback(ctx: click.Context, param: click.Parameter, value: bool) -> None:
+    if not value or ctx.resilient_parsing:
+        return
+    click.echo(f"Version: {__version__}", color=ctx.color)
+    ctx.exit()
+
+
 @click.command()
-@click.option("-V", "--version", is_flag=True, help="Output litecli's version.")
+@click.option("-V", "--version", callback=version_callback, expose_value=False, is_eager=True, is_flag=True, help="Show version.")
 @click.option("-D", "--database", "dbname", help="Database to use.")
 @click.option(
     "-R",
@@ -859,7 +866,6 @@ def get_last_query(self):
 def cli(
     database,
     dbname,
-    version,
     prompt,
     logfile,
     auto_vertical_output,
@@ -876,11 +882,6 @@ def cli(
       - litecli lite_database
 
     """
-
-    if version:
-        print("Version:", __version__)
-        sys.exit(0)
-
     litecli = LiteCli(
         prompt=prompt,
         logfile=logfile,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 55dc144..6ee919d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
-license = {text = "BSD"}
-authors = [
-    {name = "dbcli", email = "litecli-users@googlegroups.com"}
-]
+license = { text = "BSD" }
+authors = [{ name = "dbcli", email = "litecli-users@googlegroups.com" }]
 urls = { "homepage" = "https://github.com/dbcli/litecli" }
 dependencies = [
     "cli-helpers[styles]>=2.2.1",
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64.0", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -42,8 +40,5 @@ exclude = ["screenshots", "tests*"]
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 litecli = ["liteclirc", "AUTHORS"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "litecli.__version__"}
-
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 140