diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 1e6bc6d..e0904dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/plantcv/annotate/__init__.py b/plantcv/annotate/__init__.py
index e69de29..219e92a 100644
--- a/plantcv/annotate/__init__.py
+++ b/plantcv/annotate/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version
+# Auto versioning
+__version__ = version("plantcv-annotate")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6f6afe..f0e393e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 64.0", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+]
+
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://plantcv.org"
 Documentation = "https://plantcv.readthedocs.io"
 Repository = "https://github.com/danforthcenter/plantcv-annotate"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]