diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c168165173..f31f4a945b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "src/sisl/_version.py"
+version_file = "src/sisl/_version.py"
 fallback_version = "0.14.3"