diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index b2257c4..d4179a2 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "dev"]
 strategy = ["cross_platform", "inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.4.1"
-content_hash = "sha256:6cff8f517728e2cfabe4eba49837d486659f749236667e960bbba90fcf41d959"
+content_hash = "sha256:1bc0faac955efbc9634e8a24b1c1cf57859e3224615e82e307815cbc9dc7c1cc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boldi"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2.dev3"
 requires_python = ">=3.9"
 editable = true
 path = "./pkg/boldi"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boldi-cli"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2.dev3"
 requires_python = ">=3.9"
 editable = true
 path = "./pkg/boldi-cli"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boldi-ctx"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2.dev3"
 requires_python = ">=3.9"
 editable = true
 path = "./pkg/boldi-ctx"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boldi-dev"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2.dev3"
 requires_python = ">=3.9"
 editable = true
 path = "./pkg/boldi-dev"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boldi-plugins"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2.dev3"
 requires_python = ">=3.9"
 editable = true
 path = "./pkg/boldi-plugins"
@@ -401,6 +401,21 @@ files = [
     {file = "h11-0.14.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8f19fbbe99e72420ff35c00b27a34cb9937e902a8b810e2c88300c6f0a3b699d"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hatch-vcs"
+version = "0.4.0"
+requires_python = ">=3.8"
+summary = "Hatch plugin for versioning with your preferred VCS"
+groups = ["dev"]
+dependencies = [
+    "hatchling>=1.1.0",
+    "setuptools-scm>=6.4.0",
+]
+files = [
+    {file = "hatch_vcs-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b8a2b6bee54cf6f9fc93762db73890017ae59c9081d1038a41f16235ceaf8b2c"},
+    {file = "hatch_vcs-0.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:093810748fe01db0d451fabcf2c1ac2688caefd232d4ede967090b1c1b07d9f7"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hatchling"
 version = "1.22.4"
@@ -1208,6 +1223,34 @@ files = [
     {file = "ruff-0.3.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f0f4484c6541a99862b693e13a151435a279b271cff20e37101116a21e2a1ad1"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "setuptools"
+version = "69.2.0"
+requires_python = ">=3.8"
+summary = "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages"
+groups = ["dev"]
+files = [
+    {file = "setuptools-69.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c21c49fb1042386df081cb5d86759792ab89efca84cf114889191cd09aacc80c"},
+    {file = "setuptools-69.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0ff4183f8f42cd8fa3acea16c45205521a4ef28f73c6391d8a25e92893134f2e"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "setuptools-scm"
+version = "8.0.4"
+requires_python = ">=3.8"
+summary = "the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags"
+groups = ["dev"]
+dependencies = [
+    "packaging>=20",
+    "setuptools",
+    "tomli>=1; python_version < \"3.11\"",
+    "typing-extensions",
+]
+files = [
+    {file = "setuptools-scm-8.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b5f43ff6800669595193fd09891564ee9d1d7dcb196cab4b2506d53a2e1c95c7"},
+    {file = "setuptools_scm-8.0.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b47844cd2a84b83b3187a5782c71128c28b4c94cad8bfb871da2784a5cb54c4f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shellingham"
 version = "1.5.4"
diff --git a/pkg/.gitignore b/pkg/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13c3c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/boldi/_*version.py
diff --git a/pkg/boldi-cli/pyproject.toml b/pkg/boldi-cli/pyproject.toml
index 96cef97..a639dfb 100644
--- a/pkg/boldi-cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkg/boldi-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi-cli"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "boldi.cli part of Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     { name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com" },
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "../../README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = ["boldi-ctx", "rich"]
 optional-dependencies = {}
@@ -19,12 +19,19 @@ boldi = "boldi.cli:main"
 help = "boldi.cli:HelpCliAction"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["boldi"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "boldi/_cli_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { "root" = "../.." }
+
 [tool.pdm]
 
 [tool.pdm.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pkg/boldi-ctx/pyproject.toml b/pkg/boldi-ctx/pyproject.toml
index d5feb95..948673d 100644
--- a/pkg/boldi-ctx/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkg/boldi-ctx/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi-ctx"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "boldi.ctx part of Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     { name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com" },
@@ -8,17 +7,25 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "../../README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = ["typing_extensions"]
 optional-dependencies = {}
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["boldi"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "boldi/_ctx_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { "root" = "../.." }
+
 [tool.pdm]
 
 [tool.pdm.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pkg/boldi-dev/pyproject.toml b/pkg/boldi-dev/pyproject.toml
index 7b5b3cf..e11d43d 100644
--- a/pkg/boldi-dev/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkg/boldi-dev/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi-dev"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "boldi.dev part of Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     { name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com" },
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "../../README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = [
     # boldi:
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ optional-dependencies = {}
 dev = "boldi.dev:DevCliAction"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["boldi"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "boldi/_dev_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { "root" = "../.." }
+
 [tool.pdm]
 
 [tool.pdm.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pkg/boldi-plugins/pyproject.toml b/pkg/boldi-plugins/pyproject.toml
index f74ecb0..9fcbfaa 100644
--- a/pkg/boldi-plugins/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkg/boldi-plugins/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi-plugins"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "boldi.plugins part of Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     {name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com"},
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "../../README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = [
     "backports.entry-points-selectable",
@@ -15,12 +15,19 @@ dependencies = [
 optional-dependencies = {}
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["boldi"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "boldi/_plugins_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { "root" = "../.." }
+
 [tool.pdm]
 
 [tool.pdm.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pkg/boldi/boldi/.keep b/pkg/boldi/boldi/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pkg/boldi/pyproject.toml b/pkg/boldi/pyproject.toml
index fb75938..f1e7679 100644
--- a/pkg/boldi/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkg/boldi/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     { name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com" },
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "../../README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = [
     # boldi libs:
@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@ dependencies = [
 optional-dependencies = { dev = ["boldi-dev"] }
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 packages = ["boldi"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "boldi/_version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { "root" = "../.." }
+
 [tool.pdm]
 
 [tool.pdm.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc3048d..733c5c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "boldi-devmetapackage"
-version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Development Metapackage for Boldi's Python libraries"
 authors = [
     { name = "Boldizsár Palotás", email = "boldizsar.palotas@gmail.com" },
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+dynamic = ["version"]
 
 # Intentionally no dependencies as this is just a development metapackage.
 # this just includes the real packages (boldi, boldi-cli, etc.) as dev-dependencies,
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ dependencies = []
 optional-dependencies = {}
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
 [tool.hatch.build]
-packages = ["boldi"]
+packages = ["."]
 
 [tool.pdm]
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ dev = [
     # building and packaging:
     "pdm",
     "hatchling",
+    "hatch-vcs",
     "build",
 ]