diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index a856225c..2368084a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip install black
+        run: python -m pip install -r env/requirements-style.txt
 
       - name: List installed packages
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Check code format
         run: make black-check
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip install flake8
+        run: python -m pip install -r env/requirements-style.txt
 
       - name: List installed packages
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Check code style
         run: make flake8
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip install pylint==2.4.*
+        run: python -m pip install -r env/requirements-style.txt
 
       - name: List installed packages
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Linting (pylint)
         run: make lint
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip install pathspec
+        run: python -m pip install -r env/requirements-style.txt
 
       - name: List installed packages
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: python -m pip freeze
 
       - name: Check license notice on all source files
         run: make license-check
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 48f09ed9..3b4c9052 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ doc/sample_data
 MANIFEST
 dask-worker-space
 .coverage.*
+boule/_version.py
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 61652d0d..f3194b08 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist=numpy
 
 # Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
-ignore=CVS
+ignore=CVS,_version.py
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c37c1312..60322a31 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-include README.rst
-include LICENSE.txt
-include CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
-include CONTRIBUTING.md
-include AUTHORS.md
-include requirements.txt
+# Exclude these files from source distributions.
+# setuptools_scm includes everything else by default.
+prune .github
+prune env
+prune doc
+exclude .*.yml
+exclude .*rc
+exclude requirements*.txt
+exclude Makefile
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude .gitattributes
+exclude environment.yml
diff --git a/boule/__init__.py b/boule/__init__.py
index 84882ea1..b0de5fcb 100644
--- a/boule/__init__.py
+++ b/boule/__init__.py
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@
 #
 # This code is part of the Fatiando a Terra project (https://www.fatiando.org)
 #
-# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,import-outside-toplevel
+# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,import-outside-toplevel,import-self
+#
 # Import functions/classes to make the public API
-from . import version
 from .ellipsoid import Ellipsoid
 from .sphere import Sphere
 from .realizations import WGS84, GRS80, MARS, VENUS, MOON, MERCURY
 
+# This file is generated automatically by setuptools_scm
+from . import _version
+
 
 ELLIPSOIDS = [WGS84, GRS80, MARS, VENUS, MOON, MERCURY]
 
-# Get the version number through setuptools-scm
-__version__ = version.version
+# Add a "v" to the version number
+__version__ = f"v{_version.version}"
 
 
 def test(doctest=True, verbose=True):
diff --git a/env/requirements-style.txt b/env/requirements-style.txt
index 74e7ae4c..20de0ec3 100644
--- a/env/requirements-style.txt
+++ b/env/requirements-style.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Requirements for checking code style
 black
 flake8
-pylint==2.4.*
+pylint
+pathspec
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9a9db404..d38914a4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@
 with open("requirements.txt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     INSTALL_REQUIRES = f.readlines()
 PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.6"
-
-# Configuration for setuptools-scm
 SETUP_REQUIRES = ["setuptools_scm"]
+# Configuration for setuptools-scm
 USE_SCM_VERSION = {
     "relative_to": __file__,
+    "version_scheme": "post-release",
     "local_scheme": "node-and-date",
+    "write_to": f"{NAME}/_version.py",
 }
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name=NAME,