diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 47c83d9..3060f46 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mediahive-frontend",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "Netflix-style media streaming for your collection",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1709e21..52fb759 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mediahive"
-version = "0.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "MediaHive - Media scanning, indexing, and Netflix-style streaming"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ dependencies = [
 mediahive = "mediahive.__main__:main"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["mediahive"]
 artifacts = ["mediahive/frontend-build"]
@@ -48,4 +51,5 @@ gui = [
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "httpx>=0.28.1",
+    "setuptools-scm>=8",
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/winbuild.py b/scripts/winbuild.py
index 05b8eaf..2fe7f2e 100644
--- a/scripts/winbuild.py
+++ b/scripts/winbuild.py
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ import io
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import tomllib
 import urllib.request
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import setuptools_scm
+
 # BtbN automated builds always publish a 'latest' tag with this asset.
 _FFMPEG_URL = (
     "https://github.com/BtbN/ffmpeg-builds/releases/download/latest"
@@ -57,11 +58,9 @@ def fetch_ffmpeg() -> Path:
 
 
 def read_version() -> str:
-    """Read version from pyproject.toml."""
-    pyproject = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
-    with open(pyproject, "rb") as f:
-        data = tomllib.load(f)
-    return data["project"]["version"]
+    """Read version via setuptools_scm (same logic as hatch-vcs)."""
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+    return setuptools_scm.get_version(root=str(repo_root))
 
 
 def build_wheel() -> None: