diff --git a/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py b/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
index bb3d0f00..cbce0d5f 100644
--- a/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_server_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from jupyter_server.utils import url_path_join as ujoin
 
+from ._version import __version__  # noqa
 from .api import IconHandler, ServersInfoHandler
 from .config import ServerProxy as ServerProxyConfig
 from .config import get_entrypoint_server_processes, make_handlers, make_server_process
diff --git a/jupyter_server_proxy/_version.py b/jupyter_server_proxy/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87af4adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter_server_proxy/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# __version__ should be updated using tbump, based on configuration in
+# pyproject.toml, according to instructions in RELEASE.md.
+#
+__version__ = "4.1.1-0.dev"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a4d35ec..37fe1119 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 requires = [
-    "hatch-jupyter-builder >=0.5",
-    "hatch-nodejs-version",
-    "hatchling >=1.4.0",
+    "hatch-jupyter-builder >=0.8.3",
+    "hatchling >=1.18.0",
     "jupyterlab >=4.0.6,<5.0.0a0",
 ]
 
@@ -17,12 +16,13 @@ requires = [
 #
 [project]
 name = "jupyter_server_proxy"
-dynamic = [
-    "authors",
-    "description",
-    "keywords",
-    "urls",
-    "version",
+version = "4.1.1-0.dev"
+description = "A Jupyter server extension to run additional processes and proxy to them that comes bundled JupyterLab extension to launch pre-defined processes."
+keywords = ["jupyter", "jupyterlab", "jupyterlab-extension"]
+authors = [
+  { name = "Ryan Lovett", email = "rylo@berkeley.edu" },
+  { name = "Yuvi Panda", email = "yuvipanda@gmail.com" },
+  { name = "Jupyter Development Team", email = "jupyter@googlegroups.com" },
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
@@ -75,10 +75,14 @@ lab = [
     "notebook >=7",
 ]
 
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "nodejs"
-path = "labextension/package.json"
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://jupyter-server-proxy.readthedocs.io"
+Source = "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-server-proxy"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-server-proxy/issues"
 
+
+# hatch ref: https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/
+#
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 artifacts = [
     "jupyter_server_proxy/labextension",
@@ -101,10 +105,6 @@ exclude = [
 # Set to true to allow testing of git+https://github.com/user/repo@sha dependencies
 allow-direct-references = false
 
-[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.nodejs]
-path = "labextension/package.json"
-fields = ["description", "authors", "urls"]
-
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.jupyter-builder]
 build-function = "hatch_jupyter_builder.npm_builder"
 ensured-targets = [
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ regex = '''
 message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
+[[tool.tbump.file]]
+src = "pyproject.toml"
+
 [[tool.tbump.file]]
 src = "labextension/package.json"