diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-wheel.yml
index 7d2b0b13..02986742 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-wheel.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   build-test-publish-wheel:
-    uses: NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_build_test_publish_wheel.yml@v0.77.1
+    uses: NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_build_test_publish_wheel.yml@v0.88.1
     with:
       dry-run: true
       python-package: nemo_run
       python-version: "3.10"
-      packaging: hatch
+      packaging: setuptools
     secrets:
       TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TWINE_USERNAME }}
       TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/nemo_run/package_info.py b/nemo_run/package_info.py
index b4686aa7..e7fd8d46 100644
--- a/nemo_run/package_info.py
+++ b/nemo_run/package_info.py
@@ -11,19 +11,35 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from packaging.version import Version
 
-__version__ = "0.10.0rc0.dev0"
+MAJOR = 0
+MINOR = 10
+PATCH = 0
+PRE_RELEASE = ""
 
-MAJOR = Version(__version__).major
-MINOR = Version(__version__).minor
-PATCH = Version(__version__).micro
-if pre := Version(__version__).pre:
-    _PRE_RELEASE = "".join(map(str, pre))
-else:
-    _PRE_RELEASE = ""
-PRE_RELEASE = _PRE_RELEASE
-DEV = Version(__version__).dev
+# Use the following formatting: (major, minor, patch, pre-release)
+VERSION = (MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH, PRE_RELEASE)
+
+__shortversion__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION[:3]))
+__version__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION[:3])) + "".join(VERSION[3:])
+
+import os as _os  # noqa: E402, I001
+import subprocess as _subprocess  # noqa: E402
+
+
+if not int(_os.getenv("NO_VCS_VERSION", "0")):
+    try:
+        _git = _subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            cwd=_os.path.dirname(_os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+            check=True,
+            universal_newlines=True,
+        )
+    except (_subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError):
+        pass
+    else:
+        __version__ += f"+{_git.stdout.strip()}"
 
 __package_name__ = "nemo_run"
 __contact_names__ = "NVIDIA"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58fa7c9f..12c5fc4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "networkx >= 3.3",
     "omegaconf>=2.3.0",
     "leptonai>=0.26.6",
-    "packaging",
     "toml",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -96,8 +95,14 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["nemo_run*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "nemo_run.package_info.__version__" }
 
 [tool.uv]
 managed = true
@@ -150,14 +155,6 @@ ignore_errors = true
 [tool.coverage.html]
 directory = "coverage_html_report"
 
-[tool.hatch.metadata]
-allow-direct-references = true
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = ["nemo_run"]
-
-[tool.hatch.version]
-path  = "nemo_run/package_info.py"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e3e7b833..5bbeda1d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3316,7 +3316,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ibm-cloud-sdk-core"
-version = "3.18.0"
+version = "3.24.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pyjwt" },
@@ -3324,7 +3324,10 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "urllib3" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5a/82/5fa378337357b0cdcc1f290b6b78457549939054e24f32e54ad378e0d663/ibm-cloud-sdk-core-3.18.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bf2b6940761970c14b53fc8fc135af567c58b9709db3214be403a383dd51cabb", size = 57929, upload-time = "2023-11-15T18:07:51.467Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5e/e5/5de9646a57209bd59ee504ea11b9d83fab0e273c648d5cb9ec529c2dfb21/ibm_cloud_sdk_core-3.24.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:96b4b4deefc7b72874ef44545362e63ee3a7d6a4c82e68f36c482c8033683ab3", size = 76252, upload-time = "2025-05-30T15:47:12.802Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a0/a9/7356d14186089da1290a77d9e6e737f4cb62ab75e0cbe405ba6be7d3b322/ibm_cloud_sdk_core-3.24.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:28eb70379977bac15318a07634e4b56d9de671186090d8accec180b77ffb7969", size = 75783, upload-time = "2025-05-30T15:47:11.686Z" },
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ibm-cos-sdk"
@@ -4506,7 +4509,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "leptonai" },
     { name = "networkx" },
     { name = "omegaconf" },
-    { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "toml" },
     { name = "torchx" },
@@ -4569,7 +4571,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "leptonai", specifier = ">=0.26.6" },
     { name = "networkx", specifier = ">=3.3" },
     { name = "omegaconf", specifier = ">=2.3.0" },
-    { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "ray", extras = ["default"], marker = "extra == 'ray'", specifier = ">=2.49.2" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=13.7.1" },
     { name = "skypilot", extras = ["all"], marker = "extra == 'skypilot-all'", specifier = ">=0.10.0" },
@@ -4578,7 +4579,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "torchx", specifier = ">=0.7.0" },
     { name = "typer", specifier = ">=0.12.3" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["kubeflow", "ray", "skypilot", "skypilot-all"]
+provides-extras = ["skypilot", "skypilot-all", "ray", "kubeflow"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [