diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 310cb51..3012bb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.3.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tools.setuptools_scm]
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+write_to = "aqt/version.py"
+write_to_template = """
+__version__ = \"{version}\"
+"""
+tag_regex = "^(?P<prefix>v)?(?P<version>[^\\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$"
 
 [tool.check-manifest]
 ignore = ["aqt/version.py","azure-pipelines.yml", ".readthedocs.yml", "ci/*"]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 01f4878..7440617 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ install_requires =
     dataclasses;python_version<"3.7"
     defusedxml
 setup_requires =
-    setuptools-scm[toml]>=6.0.1
-    setuptools>=45.0
+    setuptools-scm[toml]>=6.4
+    setuptools>=61
 packages = aqt
 
 [options.entry_points]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 583e6d1..2aab7ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,11 +2,4 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(
-    use_scm_version={
-        "write_to": "aqt/version.py",
-        "write_to_template": '__version__ = "{version}"\n',
-        "tag_regex": r"^(?P<prefix>v)?(?P<version>[^\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$",
-        "local_scheme": "no-local-version",
-    }
-)
+setup(setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"], use_scm_version=True)