diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5677de43b2..74c29215b3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -209,18 +209,6 @@ jobs:
             uv pip install --upgrade coveralls
             coveralls --finish --rcfile .coveragerc || echo "Failed to upload coverage"
 
-  check-version-updated:
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.10
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-
-      - run:
-          name: Version is updated
-          command: |
-            [[ $(git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD..master | grep bittensor/__init__.py | wc -l) == 1 ]] && echo "bittensor/__init__.py has changed"
-            [[ $(git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD..master | grep VERSION | wc -l) == 1 ]] && echo "VERSION has changed"
-
   check-changelog-updated:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.10
@@ -297,11 +285,6 @@ workflows:
 
   release-branches-requirements:
     jobs:
-      - check-version-updated:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only:
-                - /^(release|hotfix)/.*/
       - check-changelog-updated:
           filters:
             branches:
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 190e4cd6c5..9ffce36ee7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directory: ""
-    file: "pyproject.toml"
+    directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 0  # Only security updates will be opened as PRs
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d0ffae7b5..0000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index d3b68c04d3..cf2c07b38d 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-__version__ = "9.3.0"
-
 import os
+import importlib.metadata
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@
 WALLETS_DIR = USER_BITTENSOR_DIR / "wallets"
 MINERS_DIR = USER_BITTENSOR_DIR / "miners"
 
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("bittensor")
+
 
 if not READ_ONLY:
     # Create dirs if they don't exist