diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 93804326b..54f4638cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install .[doc]
 
+    - name: Check installed version
+      # Run outside the checkout so cwd doesn't shadow site-packages
+      working-directory: /tmp
+      run: python -c "import imap_processing as m; assert m.__version__ != '0.0.0'"
+
     - name: Build documentation
       run: |
         # SPHINXOPTS="-W --keep-going" is used to turn warnings into errors
diff --git a/imap_processing/__init__.py b/imap_processing/__init__.py
index 90287bf99..b8d981e5e 100644
--- a/imap_processing/__init__.py
+++ b/imap_processing/__init__.py
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@
 # packet definitions directory path.
 #
 # This directory is used by the imap_processing package to find the packet definitions.
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from pathlib import Path
 
 try:
-    from imap_processing._version import __version__ as __version__
-    from imap_processing._version import __version_tuple__ as __version_tuple__
-except ImportError:
-    # _version.py is generated by poetry-dynamic-versioning at install time
+    __version__ = version("imap-processing")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # Running from a source tree that was never installed
     __version__ = "0.0.0"
-    __version_tuple__ = (0, 0, 0)
 
 # Eg. imap_module_directory = /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/imap_processing
 imap_module_directory = Path(__file__).parent
diff --git a/imap_processing/cli.py b/imap_processing/cli.py
index 9f67cf60f..e968030f9 100644
--- a/imap_processing/cli.py
+++ b/imap_processing/cli.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import sys
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from importlib.metadata import version
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep
 from typing import final
@@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ def process(self) -> None:
         3. Post-processing actions such as uploading files to the IMAP SDC.
         4. Final cleanup actions.
         """
-        imap_processing_version = version("imap_processing")
+        imap_processing_version = imap_processing.__version__
         logger.info(f"IMAP Processing Version: {imap_processing_version}")
         logger.info(f"Processing {self.__class__.__name__} level {self.data_level}")
         logger.info("Beginning preprocessing (download dependencies)")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d3145f30..d5dfbda56 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [tool.poetry]
 # Exclude tests from build
 exclude = ["imap_processing/tests"]
-include = ["imap_processing/_version.py",
-           "imap_processing/ultra/l1c/sim_spice_kernels/*"]
+include = ["imap_processing/ultra/l1c/sim_spice_kernels/*"]
 version = "0.0.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.requires-plugins]
@@ -124,14 +123,6 @@ ignore-words-list = "livetime,nd"
 enable = true
 vcs = "git"
 
-[tool.poetry-dynamic-versioning.files."imap_processing/_version.py"]
-persistent-substitution = true
-initial-content = """
-  # These version placeholders will be replaced later during substitution.
-  __version__ = "0.0.0"
-  __version_tuple__ = (0, 0, 0)
-"""
-
 [tool.numpydoc_validation]
 checks = ["all", #report on all checks, except the following
     "EX01", # Ignore No examples section found