diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index fa7c2e1e6..004d8e542 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # Required for setuptools-scm to get version from tags
 
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 38020b289..d2031fe75 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import sys, os
+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -61,16 +63,17 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'pycortex'
-copyright = u'2012, James Gao'
+copyright = u'2012\u2013%d, Gallant Lab' % datetime.now().year
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 import cortex  # noqa
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = ".".join(cortex.__version__.split(".")[:2])
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = cortex.version.__hardcoded_version__
+# Relies on setuptools-scm generating cortex/_version.py at install time.
+release = cortex.__version__
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -280,9 +283,9 @@
 
 # Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
 epub_title = u'pycortex'
-epub_author = u'James Gao'
-epub_publisher = u'James Gao'
-epub_copyright = u'2012, James Gao'
+epub_author = u'Gallant Lab'
+epub_publisher = u'Gallant Lab'
+epub_copyright = u'2012\u2013%d, Gallant Lab' % datetime.now().year
 
 # The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
 # or en if the language is not set.