diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2758c52..21344f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools >= 61.0",
-    "scmver",
+    "scmver[toml] >= 1.7",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ zopfli = [
     "*.pyi",
 ]
 
+[tool.scmver]
+spec = "micro"
+write-to = "zopfli/__version__.py"
+fallback = {attr = "__version__:version", path = "zopfli"}
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 91c23d0..3a9527f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,10 +54,4 @@ def run(self):
     cmdclass={
         'test': test,
     },
-    scmver={
-        'root': os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-        'spec': 'micro',
-        'write_to': os.path.join('zopfli', '__version__.py'),
-        'fallback': ['__version__:version', 'zopfli'],
-    },
 )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cc4a611..512c70d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ deps =
     flake8 >= 3.6
     flake8-bugbear
     mypy
-    scmver
+    scmver[toml] >= 1.7
 passenv = *FLAGS, DISTUTILS_*, INCLUDE, LC_*, LIB, MSSdk, Program*, SETUPTOOLS_*
 commands =
 # test