diff --git a/docker-files/alpine.Dockerfile b/docker-files/alpine.Dockerfile
index f5c9a9aeac..2b2bfe66f5 100644
--- a/docker-files/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-files/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ COPY requirements.txt docker-requirements.txt webui-requirements.txt optional-re
 
 ##############################################################################
 # BUILD: Install the minimal image deps
-# Minimal in Docker mean: Docker + WebUI
 FROM build as buildMinimal
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION
 
@@ -104,10 +103,6 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION
 COPY ./docker-compose/glances.conf /etc/glances/glances.conf
 COPY ./glances/. /app/glances/
 
-# Copy pyproject file in order to have the version
-# Note: Glances is not installed as a Pypi pkg in Docker
-COPY ./pyproject.toml /app
-
 # Copy binary and update PATH
 COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
 RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
diff --git a/docker-files/ubuntu.Dockerfile b/docker-files/ubuntu.Dockerfile
index 60a80045e3..3a5ccc4c63 100644
--- a/docker-files/ubuntu.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-files/ubuntu.Dockerfile
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ COPY requirements.txt docker-requirements.txt webui-requirements.txt optional-re
 
 ##############################################################################
 # BUILD: Install the minimal image deps
-# Minimal in Docker mean: Docker + WebUI
 FROM build as buildMinimal
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION
 
@@ -88,10 +87,6 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION
 COPY ./docker-compose/glances.conf /etc/glances/glances.conf
 COPY ./glances/. /app/glances/
 
-# Copy pyproject file in order to have the version
-# Note: Glances is not installed as a Pypi pkg in Docker
-COPY ./pyproject.toml /app
-
 # Copy binary and update PATH
 COPY docker-bin.sh /usr/local/bin/glances
 RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/glances
diff --git a/glances/__init__.py b/glances/__init__.py
index fb28869ecd..7b7b290853 100644
--- a/glances/__init__.py
+++ b/glances/__init__.py
@@ -11,30 +11,15 @@
 
 # Import system libs
 import locale
-import os
 import platform
-import re
 import signal
 import sys
 import tracemalloc
-from importlib import metadata
 
 # Global name
-# Version is now set in the pyproject.toml file
-# and should start and end with a numerical char
+# Version should start and end with a numerical char
 # See https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#version
-try:
-    # Read the version from the metadata (when deployed with Pypi)
-    __version__ = metadata.version("glances")
-except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-    if os.path.exists('pyproject.toml'):
-        # In local try to read the version in the pyproject.toml file
-        # Dirty but it make the job
-        with open('pyproject.toml', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            __version__ = re.search(r"^version = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", f.read(), re.M).group(1)
-    else:
-        # Else set a unknown version
-        __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"
+__version__ = "4.3.0_dev02"
 __apiversion__ = '4'
 __author__ = 'Nicolas Hennion <nicolas@nicolargo.com>'
 __license__ = 'LGPLv3'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31b1f757c1..09a99fe999 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ dependencies = [
   "requests; platform_system == 'Windows'",
 ]
 description = "A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 keywords = ["cli", "curses", "monitoring", "system"]
 license = {text = "LGPLv3"}
 name = "Glances"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 urls.Homepage = "https://github.com/nicolargo/glances"
-version = "4.3.0_dev02"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 action = ["chevron"]
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ glances = "glances:main"
 ]
 "share/man/man1" = ["docs/man/glances.1"]
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "glances.__version__" }
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["glances*"]