diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 078e153db..857eeb252 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs", "nipreps-versions"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ exclude = [
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { version_scheme = "nipreps-calver" }
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
 version-file = "fmriprep/_version.py"