diff --git a/wrapper/pyproject.toml b/wrapper/pyproject.toml
index 8dfed9c1a..fb5800a8a 100644
--- a/wrapper/pyproject.toml
+++ b/wrapper/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ raw-options = { version_scheme = "nipreps-calver", root = ".." }
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
 version-file = "src/fmriprep_docker/_version.py"
+template = """\
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+__version__ = version = {version!r}
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = {version_tuple!r}
+"""
 
 [tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
 universal = true