diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index b975e4bd8c..7b378ea0c4 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To create a manual release, perform the following steps:
 ### Set up
 
 ```bash
-pip install tbump twine build
+pip install hatchling twine build
 git pull origin $(git branch --show-current)
 git clean -dffx
 npm install
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ npm run build
 ```bash
 echo "Enter new version"
 read script_version
-tbump ${script_version}
+hachling version ${script_version}
+git tag -a ${script_version} -m "Release ${script_version}"
 ```
 
 ### Build the artifacts
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ python -m build .
 ```bash
 echo "Enter dev version"
 read dev_version
-tbump ${dev_version} --no-tag
+hatchling ${dev_version}
 git push origin $(git branch --show-current)
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9090379600..32951458f4 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import os.path as osp
 import shutil
 import sys
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
@@ -108,10 +109,10 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-__version__ = "2.1.0.dev0"
+__version__ = version("jupyter_server")
 # The short X.Y version.
 version_parsed = parse_version(__version__)
-version = f"{version_parsed.major}.{version_parsed.minor}"
+version = f"{version_parsed.major}.{version_parsed.minor}"  # type:ignore[assignment]
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/jupyter_server/_version.py b/jupyter_server/_version.py
index 803eab636a..65873b42a7 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/_version.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/_version.py
@@ -2,5 +2,17 @@
 store the current version info of the server.
 
 """
-version_info = (2, 1, 0, ".dev", "0")
-__version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info[:3])) + "".join(version_info[3:])
+import re
+from typing import List
+
+# Version string must appear intact for tbump versioning
+__version__ = "2.1.0.dev0"
+
+# Build up version_info tuple for backwards compatibility
+pattern = r"(?P<major>\d+).(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)(?P<rest>.*)"
+match = re.match(pattern, __version__)
+assert match is not None
+parts: List[object] = [int(match[part]) for part in ["major", "minor", "patch"]]
+if match["rest"]:
+    parts.append(match["rest"])
+version_info = tuple(parts)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5d6ad5289..3a0ea9e21d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "jupyter_server"
-version = "2.1.0.dev0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "COPYING.md" }
 description = "The backend—i.e. core services, APIs, and REST endpoints—to Jupyter web applications."
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ dev = [
 [project.scripts]
 jupyter-server = "jupyter_server.serverapp:main"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "jupyter_server/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.build]
 artifacts = ["jupyter_server/static/style"]
 
@@ -119,36 +122,6 @@ before-build-python = ["npm install", "npm run build"]
 post-version-spec = "dev"
 pydist_resource_paths = ["jupyter_server/static/style/bootstrap.min.css", "jupyter_server/static/style/bootstrap-theme.min.css"]
 
-[tool.tbump.version]
-current = "2.1.0.dev0"
-regex = '''
-  (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
-  ((?P<channel>a|b|rc|.dev)(?P<release>\d+))?
-'''
-
-[tool.tbump.git]
-message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
-tag_template = "v{new_version}"
-
-[[tool.tbump.file]]
-src = "jupyter_server/_version.py"
-version_template = '({major}, {minor}, {patch}, "{channel}", "{release}")'
-
-[[tool.tbump.file]]
-src = "pyproject.toml"
-version_template = "version = \"{major}.{minor}.{patch}{channel}{release}\""
-
-[[tool.tbump.file]]
-src = "docs/source/conf.py"
-version_template = "{major}.{minor}.{patch}{channel}{release}"
-
-[[tool.tbump.field]]
-name = "channel"
-default = ""
-
-[[tool.tbump.field]]
-name = "release"
-default = ""
 
 [tool.mypy]
 check_untyped_defs = true