diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53605b7..4b35f47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ venv
 .pytest_cache
 *.egg-info
 .DS_Store
+dist
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b27ed64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include requirements.txt
+include VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1464c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9555bf9..4126ebb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import os
 
-VERSION = os.getenv("SEMVER", os.getenv("GitVersion_FullSemVer", "dev"))
 
+with open("./VERSION") as version_file:
+    PINNED_VERSION=version_file.read().strip()
 
 def get_long_description():
     with open(
@@ -25,12 +26,14 @@ def get_long_description():
         "Changelog": "https://github.com/CroudTech/croudtech-ecs-tools/releases",
     },
     license="Apache License, Version 2.0",
-    version=VERSION,
+    version=PINNED_VERSION,
     packages=["croudtech_ecs_tools"],
     entry_points="""
         [console_scripts]
         croudtech-ecs-tools=croudtech_ecs_tools.cli:cli
     """,
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
+    include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "boto3==1.20.28",
         "botocore==1.23.28; python_version >= '3.6'",