diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 95da9257bc5aefe27f83c014c67d96ebea092c54..b2b5c159abdaf1d1a3d6f1acf104b50d8b7ff375 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ include = ["ogstools*"]
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-version_scheme = "no-guess-dev" # would increment version otherwise
+version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"         # would increment version otherwise
+fallback_version = "0.1.0.post0+no-scm" # Manually increment on release!
 
 [project.scripts]
 msh2vtu = 'ogstools.msh2vtu._cli:cli'