diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf5fe99..b559255 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 requires = ["setuptools>=64", "versioningit>=1.1.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method="git"
-default-tag = "v0.0.0"
+[tool.versioningit]
+default-version = "@version@"
 
 [tool.versioningit.write]
 file = "src/isal/_version.py"