diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 0e8d8c2..996e047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
+      - name: Set cargo version from tag
+        run: |
+            cargo install cargo-edit
+            cargo set-version $(git describe --tags --always)
+
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
@@ -66,6 +71,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
+      - name: Set cargo version from tag
+        run: |
+            cargo install cargo-edit
+            cargo set-version $(git describe --tags --always)
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
@@ -94,6 +103,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
           architecture: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
+      - name: Set cargo version from tag
+        run: |
+              cargo install cargo-edit
+              cargo set-version $(git describe --tags --always)
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
@@ -120,6 +133,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
+      - name: Set cargo version from tag
+        run: |
+              cargo install cargo-edit
+              cargo set-version $(git describe --tags --always)
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
@@ -136,6 +153,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set cargo version from tag
+        run: |
+          cargo install cargo-edit
+          cargo set-version $(git describe --tags --always)
       - name: Build sdist
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3234b0b..773ab9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "qubed"
-# version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/ecmwf/qubed"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e67228a..0e46d92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["maturin>=0.14", "setuptools", "setuptools-rust", "setuptools_scm"]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.0,<2.0"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "src/python/qubed/_version.py"
-
 [project]
 name = "qubed"
 description = "A library that provides a tree of datacubes called Qube."