diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index fdab04b0..bab2e456 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: conda Build
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          VERSION=`python -c setuptools_scm` conda build conda.recipe
+          VERSION=`python -m setuptools_scm` conda build conda.recipe
           mv $CONDA_PREFIX/conda-bld .
       - name: Upload the build artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 308d971f..e6e376cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -132,3 +132,6 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
+
+# Generated version file
+/src/conda_project/_version.py
diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 3c73a2c8..c5a09514 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 {% set pyproject = load_file_data('../pyproject.toml', from_recipe_dir=True) %}
+{% set project = pyproject['project'] %}
+
+{% set name = project['name'] %}
+{% set version = VERSION %}
 
 package:
-  name: conda-project
-  version: {{ VERSION }}
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
   path: ..
 
 build:
-  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install --no-deps --ignore-installed -vv .
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
   noarch: python
-
   entry_points:
-    {% for name, reference in pyproject['project']['scripts'].items() %}
+    {% for name, reference in project['scripts'].items() %}
     - {{ name }} = {{ reference }}
     {% endfor %}
 
-
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python {{ pyproject['project']['requires-python'] }}
+    - python {{ project['requires-python'] }}
     - pip
     - setuptools
   run:
-    - python {{ pyproject['project']['requires-python'] }}
-    {% for dep in pyproject['project']['dependencies'] %}
+    - python {{ project['requires-python'] }}
+    {% for dep in project['dependencies'] %}
     - {{ dep.lower() }}
     {% endfor %}
 
@@ -33,9 +35,11 @@ test:
     - conda_project
   commands:
     - conda-project --help
+    - conda-project --version
+    - python -c "import conda_project; ver = conda_project.__version__; assert ver != '0.0.0' and ver != 'unknown'"
 
 about:
-  home: {{ pyproject['project']['urls']['repository'] }}
-  summary: {{ pyproject['project']['description'] }}
-  license: {{ pyproject['project']['license']['text'] }}
+  home: {{ project['urls']['repository'] }}
+  summary: {{ project['description'] }}
+  license: {{ project['license']['text'] }}
   license_file: LICENSE
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46e7c8e7..8c918fdf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 version_scheme = "post-release"
+write_to = "src/conda_project/_version.py"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 docs = [
diff --git a/src/conda_project/__init__.py b/src/conda_project/__init__.py
index 55cab15a..1d6ec8f3 100644
--- a/src/conda_project/__init__.py
+++ b/src/conda_project/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2022 Anaconda, Inc
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-import importlib.metadata
 
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("conda-project")
+try:
+    from ._version import __version__
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    __version__ = "unknown"
 
 # flake8: noqa
 from .exceptions import CondaProjectError