diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000000..788cbde9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
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diff --git a/sdcflows/__init__.py b/sdcflows/__init__.py
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+++ b/sdcflows/__init__.py
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+from .__about__ import (  # noqa
+    __version__,
+    __copyright__,
+    __credits__,
+    __packagename__,
+)