diff --git a/.github/workflows/modoboa.yml b/.github/workflows/modoboa.yml
index 7422e1eec..393d77d34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modoboa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modoboa.yml
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ jobs:
           yarn build
           cd ..
       - name: Build packages
+        env:
+          IS_RELEASE: yes
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install librrd-dev rrdtool libssl-dev
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip build
diff --git a/modoboa/__init__.py b/modoboa/__init__.py
index 1b52c3b1e..bd516d64a 100644
--- a/modoboa/__init__.py
+++ b/modoboa/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Modoboa - Mail hosting made simple."""
 
 from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
-from modoboa.core.commands import handle_command_line
 
 try:
     __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
@@ -10,4 +9,5 @@ except DistributionNotFound:
     pass
 
 def modoboa_admin():
+    from modoboa.core.commands import handle_command_line
     handle_command_line()
diff --git a/modoboa/version.py b/modoboa/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ab368c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modoboa/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os
+
+
+def local_scheme(version):
+    return ""
+
+
+def get_version():
+    from setuptools_scm import get_version as default_version
+    github_version = os.environ.get('GITHUB_REF_NAME', None)
+    is_release = os.environ.get('IS_RELEASE', None)
+    if is_release is not None and github_version is not None:
+        print(f"GITHUB_REF_NAME found, using version: {github_version}")
+        return github_version
+    return default_version(local_scheme=local_scheme)
+
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 86353e4d7..ba0c0b3f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -89,3 +89,6 @@ modoboa-cli = "modoboa:modoboa_admin"
 homepage = "http://modoboa.org/"
 documentation = "https://modoboa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
 repository = "https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "modoboa.version.get_version"}