--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import setuptools
+from debian.changelog import Changelog
+
+def get_current_version():
+    with open("debian/changelog", "rt") as f:
+        version = Changelog(f, max_blocks=1).upstream_version
+        return version
 
 with open("README.md", encoding="utf-8") as readme:
     long_description = readme.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="sphinxext-opengraph",
-    use_scm_version=True,
-    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
+    version=get_current_version(),
     author="Itay Ziv",
     author_email="itay220204@gmail.com",
     description="Sphinx Extension to enable OGP support",
