diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 093e3b06d..a5b7dc892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # fetch the complete repo history (for setuptools-scm)
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 136255918..985ea75f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # fetch the complete repo history (for setuptools-scm)
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.12'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 199585de7..db138c458 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a8135af75..7b7eb9293 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 import os.path
-import re
 import sys
 import warnings
 
 import plotly.io as pio
 from plotly.io._sg_scraper import plotly_sg_scraper
 
+import fastf1
+
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('extensions'))
 
 
@@ -33,16 +34,10 @@
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
-# load version number from file in sources dir without importing
-with open('../fastf1/version.py') as vfobj:
-    vstring = str(vfobj.read())
-    version = re.search(r"(\d+.\d+.\d+[-\w]*)", vstring)[0]
-
-
 project = 'FastF1'
 # copyright = 'MIT'
 # author = 'Oehrly'
-version = version
+version = fastf1.__version__
 release = version
 copyright = f'{datetime.now().year}, theOehrly'
 html_title = f"{project} <small>{release}</small>"
diff --git a/fastf1/ergast/sphinx.py b/fastf1/ergast/sphinx.py
index e007071cc..2e880f53d 100644
--- a/fastf1/ergast/sphinx.py
+++ b/fastf1/ergast/sphinx.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import json
 from typing import get_type_hints
 
+from fastf1 import __version__
 from fastf1.ergast.interface import ErgastResultFrame
 import fastf1.ergast.structure
-from fastf1.version import __version__
 
 
 class ApiMappingDirective(Directive):