diff --git a/pyiron_dataclasses/__init__.py b/pyiron_dataclasses/__init__.py
index 601103e..8a70581 100644
--- a/pyiron_dataclasses/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiron_dataclasses/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Internal init
 from ._version import get_versions
 
-# Set version of pyiron_base
 __version__ = get_versions()["version"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index da1a672..0e04066 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = []
+requires = ["versioneer[toml]==0.29"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]