diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index feb27aa0b061555c7a885a0645a943868597beec..0cf15637eadc34d1139909d8b811f18401194728 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/_version.py"
+version_file = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/_version.py"
 
 [tool.pylint]
 ignore = "_version.py"