diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 71c4570..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: build
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    concurrency:
-      group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
-      with:
-        miniconda-version: "latest"
-        mamba-version: "1.*"
-        environment-file: conda/dev.yaml
-        channels: conda-forge,nodefaults
-        channel-priority: true
-        activate-environment: comodi
-        use-mamba: true
-        miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: poetry install
-
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: make test
-
-    - name: Run style checks
-      run: |
-        pre-commit install
-        make lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 74b26cd..76d9d52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,61 +1,17 @@
-name: Release
-
+name: Publish to PyPI.org
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10  
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          miniconda-version: "latest"
-          mamba-version: "1.*"
-          environment-file: conda/dev.yaml
-          channels: conda-forge,nodefaults
-          channel-priority: true
-          activate-environment: comodi
-          use-mamba: true
-          miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-
-      - name: Install deps
-        run: poetry install
-
-      - name: Run semantic release (for tests)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: make release-dry
-
-      - name: Release command
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          poetry config pypi-token.pypi ${PYPI_TOKEN}
-          make release-ci
-
-      - name: Generate documentation with changes from semantic-release
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        run: make docs-build
-
-      - name: GitHub Pages action
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3.5.9
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build && python3 -m build
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./docs/_build/html
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/comodi/__init__.py b/comodi/__init__.py
index f28e27a..442d4dd 100644
--- a/comodi/__init__.py
+++ b/comodi/__init__.py
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@
 from .tools import hierarchical_priors
 
 
-def _get_version() -> str:
-    """Return the program version."""
-    try:
-        return importlib_metadata.version(__name__)
-    except importlib_metadata.PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
-        return "0.1.0"  # Default version
-
-
-version: str = _get_version()
-
 __author__ = "Jonas Dehning"
 __email__ = "jonas.dehning@ds.mpg.de"
-__version__: str = version
+
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("package-name")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cc09ab4..a74fc31 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@
 # for |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout
 # the built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = "0.1.0"
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.1.0"
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+release = version('myproject')
+# for example take major/minor
+version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[:2])
+
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac9272c..00880b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-#dynamic = ["version"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 requires-python = '>=3.8.1'
 dependencies = [
     "numpy",
@@ -103,4 +102,7 @@ no_strict_optional = false
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["comodi"]
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "comodi/_version.py"
+