diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0436f20..5eeb233 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "KaTrain"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "1.17.0"
 description = "Go/Baduk/Weiqi playing and teaching app with a variety of AIs"
 authors = [{ name = "Sander Land" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@ include = ["katrain"]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 include = ["katrain"]
 
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "uv-dynamic-versioning"
-
-[tool.uv-dynamic-versioning]
-fallback-version = "0.0.0"
-
-[tool.uv-dynamic-versioning.from-file]
-source = "katrain/core/constants.py"
-pattern = "^VERSION\\s*=\\s*\"(.*)\""
-
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "uv-dynamic-versioning"]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2512f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import tomllib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from katrain.core.constants import VERSION
+
+
+def test_version_consistency():
+    """Test that the version in constants.py matches the version in pyproject.toml"""
+    # Get the project root directory (parent of tests directory)
+    project_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+    pyproject_path = project_root / "pyproject.toml"
+    
+    # Read the version from pyproject.toml
+    with open(pyproject_path, "rb") as f:
+        pyproject_data = tomllib.load(f)
+    
+    pyproject_version = pyproject_data["project"]["version"]
+    
+    # Compare versions
+    assert VERSION == pyproject_version, (
+        f"Version mismatch: constants.py has '{VERSION}' but "
+        f"pyproject.toml has '{pyproject_version}'. "
+        "Please update both files to have the same version."
+    ) 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 20744af..c6f416f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "katrain"
+version = "1.17.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "chardet" },