diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 009c104..353ced5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -90,3 +90,6 @@ ENV/
 
 # pytest
 .pytest_cache/
+
+# hatch-vcs
+src/*/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cad458f..713dfb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ scripts.blurb = "blurb.blurb:main"
 [tool.hatch]
 version.source = "vcs"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "src/blurb/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
diff --git a/src/blurb/__init__.py b/src/blurb/__init__.py
index 63dfcac..8dee4bf 100644
--- a/src/blurb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/blurb/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-import importlib.metadata
-
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
+from ._version import __version__