diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a175fefb..358cefb9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["jupyter_packaging>=0.7.9", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel", "versioneer-518"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "guess-next-dev"
+local_scheme = "node-and-date"