diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f28e5a1f0..7e7e83e51 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=65", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=65", "setuptools_scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ exclude = [
     "test_tipc*",
     "test*",
     "tools*",
+    "ppsci/externals*",
+    "ppsci/externals/*",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ extend-exclude = [
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 version_file = "ppsci/_version.py"
 tag_regex = "v(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"
-fallback_version = "0.0.0"
-version_scheme = "post-release"
+fallback_version = "1.4.0"
+version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 dependencies = { file = ["requirements.txt"] }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ac50d323a..be651f4b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def get_requirements() -> list:
                 "test_tipc",
                 "test",
                 "tools",
+                "ppsci/externals*",
+                "ppsci/externals/*",
             )
         ),
         classifiers=[
@@ -53,4 +55,6 @@ def get_requirements() -> list:
             "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
         ],
         install_requires=get_requirements(),
+        use_scm_version=True,
+        setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     )