diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 6153423..0000000
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[bumpversion]
-commit = False
-tag = False
-tag_name = {new_version}
-tag_message = Bump version to {new_version}
-message = Bump version to {new_version}
-parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<dev>\d+))?
-serialize =
-	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
-
-[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
-search = version='0.0.0'
-replace = version='{new_version}'
-
-[bumpversion:file:aodntools/__init__.py]
-search = __version__ = '0.0.0'
-replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
-
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eef60be..2eddfd8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 
 # PyCharm settings
 .idea
+
+.hypothesis
+build
+aodntools/_version.py
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 745c25b..0d6ca4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 # python-aodntools
+
 ![python-aodntools](https://github.com/aodn/python-aodntools/workflows/python-aodntools/badge.svg)
+
 [![coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/aodn/python-aodntools/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/aodn/python-aodntools)
 
 Repository for code used to generate and manipulate data products for the Australia Ocean Data Network (AODN).
 
 Sub-packages:
+
 * [ncwriter](aodntools/ncwriter): a basic tool for creating netCDF files based on templates.
 * [timeseries_products](aodntools/timeseries_products): code used to generate value-added data products for time-series data.
 
 See the [examples](examples) folder for sample scripts demonstrating usage of these packages.
+
+## Versioning
+
+New versions can be published using the GitHub release tool.
+
 ## Licensing
-This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
\ No newline at end of file
+
+This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
diff --git a/aodntools/__init__.py b/aodntools/__init__.py
index c57bfd5..368d1d8 100644
--- a/aodntools/__init__.py
+++ b/aodntools/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.0'
+try:
+    from ._version import version as __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = "Unknown/Not Installed"
diff --git a/bumpversion.sh b/bumpversion.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4559475..0000000
--- a/bumpversion.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euxo pipefail
-
-main() {
-  git fetch --prune origin "+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
-  OLD_VERSION=$(git tag -l '*.*.*' --sort=-version:refname | head -n 1)
-  NEW_VERSION=$(bump2version --current-version $OLD_VERSION --list --tag --commit  --allow-dirty patch | grep -oP '^new_version=\K.*$')
-  git push origin tag $NEW_VERSION
-
-  exit 0
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3da94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "aodntools/_version.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be44198..4e3c9c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 ]
 
 TESTS_REQUIRE = [
-    'pytest'
+    'pytest',
+    'setuptools_scm'
 ]
 
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {