diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba8f970..59e7c1d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ norecursedirs = [
 junit_family = "xunit2"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "stistools/version.py"