diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index a2b4d3a..964c9ac 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: 2.1.0-36-g445567b
+_commit: 2.1.0-38-g8b42836
 _src_path: gh:DiamondLightSource/python-copier-template
 author_email: tom.cobb@diamond.ac.uk
 author_name: Tom Cobb
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2853f11..53e5314 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ name = "Tom Cobb"
 
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "src/python_copier_template_example/_version.py"
+version_file = "src/python_copier_template_example/_version.py"
 
 [tool.pyright]
 reportMissingImports = false # Ignore missing stubs in imported modules