diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 36cbadea..268fb26a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.0 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -367,14 +367,14 @@ colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codecov"
-version = "2.1.12"
+version = "2.1.13"
 description = "Hosted coverage reports for GitHub, Bitbucket and Gitlab"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 files = [
-    {file = "codecov-2.1.12-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:585dc217dc3d8185198ceb402f85d5cb5dbfa0c5f350a5abcdf9e347776a5b47"},
-    {file = "codecov-2.1.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a0da46bb5025426da895af90938def8ee12d37fcbcbbbc15b6dc64cf7ebc51c1"},
+    {file = "codecov-2.1.13-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c2ca5e51bba9ebb43644c43d0690148a55086f7f5e6fd36170858fa4206744d5"},
+    {file = "codecov-2.1.13.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2362b685633caeaf45b9951a9b76ce359cd3581dd515b430c6c3f5dfb4d92a8c"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pygam/__init__.py b/pygam/__init__.py
index 74dba53a..311478d1 100644
--- a/pygam/__init__.py
+++ b/pygam/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from pygam.pygam import GAM
 from pygam.pygam import LinearGAM
@@ -33,4 +34,10 @@
     'intercept',
 ]
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+
+__version__ = "0.0.0"  # placeholder for dynamic versioning
+try:
+    __version__ = version("pygam")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22066e11..15fda376 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pygam"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.0.0" # placeholder for dynamic versioning
 description = ""
 authors = ["Daniel Servén Marín", "Charlie Brummitt"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -46,5 +46,13 @@ exclude = '''
 '''
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "poetry-dynamic-versioning"]
+build-backend = "poetry_dynamic_versioning.backend"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+zieb-python = "zieb_python.cli:cli"
+
+[tool.poetry-dynamic-versioning]
+enable = true
+vcs = "git"
+style = "semver"