diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b500b2a..9d9c72b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["build>=1.3.0", "setuptools>=80.8.0", "setuptools-scm>=9.2.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "cmd2"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "4.3.1"
 description = "cmd2 - quickly build feature-rich and user-friendly interactive command line applications in Python"
 authors = [{ name = "cmd2 Contributors" }]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ exclude_also = ["if __name__ == .__main__.:"]
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["cmd2"]
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
 
 [tool.uv]
 default-groups = ["build", "dev"]