diff --git a/detect_secrets/__init__.py b/detect_secrets/__init__.py
index d654b7290..f5eee76e3 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/__init__.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '0.13.1+ibm.62.dss'
+VERSION = '0.13.1+ibm.63.dss'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f2101195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20648bedd..a08a4b693 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 
-from detect_secrets import VERSION
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def get_version():
+    init_path = Path(__file__).parent / "detect_secrets" / "__init__.py"
+    content = init_path.read_text()
+    match = re.search(r"^VERSION\s*=\s*['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]", content, re.MULTILINE)
+    return match.group(1)
 
 
 setup(
     name='detect_secrets',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=(['test*', 'tmp*'])),
-    version=VERSION,
+    version=get_version(),
     description='Tool for detecting secrets in the codebase',
     long_description=(
         'Check out detect-secrets on `GitHub ' +