diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 15cd4638..65dc50d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: blacs
-  SCM_VERSION_SCHEME: release-branch-semver
   SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME: no-local-version
   ANACONDA_USER: labscript-suite
 
diff --git a/blacs/__version__.py b/blacs/__version__.py
index 699955f3..79833143 100644
--- a/blacs/__version__.py
+++ b/blacs/__version__.py
@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@
 except ImportError:
     import importlib_metadata
 
-VERSION_SCHEME = {
-    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "guess-next-dev"),
-    "local_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME", "node-and-date"),
-}
-
 root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 if (root / '.git').is_dir():
     from setuptools_scm import get_version
-    __version__ = get_version(root, **VERSION_SCHEME)
+    __version__ = get_version(root, version_scheme="release-branch-semver")
 else:
     try:
         __version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__package__)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6ca9c75..c72bd8d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=4.1.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 815d189f..8adc86e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ install_requires =
   labscript_devices>=3.0.0
   labscript_utils>=3.0.0
   qtutils>=2.3.2
+  setuptools_scm>=4.1.0
   zprocess>=2.14.1
 
 [options.entry_points]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 12b22ca2..1ff17d3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 VERSION_SCHEME = {
-    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "guess-next-dev"),
+    "version_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_VERSION_SCHEME", "release-branch-semver"),
     "local_scheme": os.getenv("SCM_LOCAL_SCHEME", "node-and-date"),
 }