From 631a4687d4992402b7a9ace7ebb82d62ac49b4ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 22:27:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Put the version in a single place (toml)

---
 .circleci/config.yml       | 12 ------------
 VERSION                    |  1 -
 bittensor/core/settings.py |  5 +++--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 VERSION

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index fbe39a6645..a1222c0318 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -235,18 +235,6 @@ 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
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 85f864fe85..0000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 8a53f6c423..cf2c07b38d 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-__version__ = "9.2.0"
-
 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

From 237bd6fe43621bdbdd50a446969b2aec2c65bb84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:00:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update test config.

---
 .circleci/config.yml | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 727cee6df2..74c29215b3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -285,11 +285,6 @@ workflows:
 
   release-branches-requirements:
     jobs:
-      - check-version-updated:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only:
-                - /^(release|hotfix)/.*/
       - check-changelog-updated:
           filters:
             branches:

From c7dcb68e368f93152428843519306ed76e7b6277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:52:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Removed 'file' param from dependabot.yml

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

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