diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d87a3a8be..1b3eee829 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Needed to fetch the version from git
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 695d6f9ef..2203266da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ var/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+esrally/_version.py  # hatch-vcs
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d7dd6a57..eb549bb95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ it: venv
 	$(MAKE) test ARGS=$(or $(ARGS),it/)
 
 # It runs serverless integration tests.
-it_serverless: install_pytest_rally_plugin
+it_serverless: venv install_pytest_rally_plugin
 	uv run -- pytest -s --log-cli-level=$(LOG_CI_LEVEL) --track-repository-test-directory=it_tracks_serverless it/track_repo_compatibility $(ARGS)
 
 # It runs rally_tracks_compat integration tests.
-it_tracks_compat: install_pytest_rally_plugin
+it_tracks_compat: venv install_pytest_rally_plugin
 	uv run -- pytest -s --log-cli-level=$(LOG_CI_LEVEL) it/track_repo_compatibility $(ARGS)
 
 # It runs benchmark tests.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfiles/dev/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfiles/dev/Dockerfile
index 15c4ebfba..92a5eceb6 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfiles/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfiles/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8.22 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 USER 1000
 
-COPY Makefile /rally/
-COPY README.md /rally/
-COPY .ci/variables.json /rally/.ci/
-COPY esrally/ /rally/esrally/
-COPY pyproject.toml /rally/
-COPY uv.lock /rally/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 Makefile /rally/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 README.md /rally/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 .ci/variables.json /rally/.ci/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 esrally/ /rally/esrally/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 pyproject.toml /rally/
+COPY --chown=1000:0 uv.lock /rally/
 
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/rally/venv
 ENV PATH=/rally/venv/bin:$PATH
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/rally/venv
 # Wipe away any lingering caches, copied over from the local machine
 RUN find /rally -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf -- \{\} \; 2>/dev/null || true
 RUN find /rally -name ".pyc" -exec rm -rf -- \{\} \; 2>/dev/null || true
+ENV SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${RALLY_VERSION}
 RUN make install
 
 LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0" \
diff --git a/esrally/_version.py b/esrally/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 930e2cd68..000000000
--- a/esrally/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "2.13.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 33f106760..a4acfa2d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
-path = "esrally/_version.py"
+source = "vcs"
+[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "esrally/_version.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.metadata]
 allow-direct-references = true
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ profile = 'black'
 # set to true for more verbose output of tests
 log_cli = false
 log_level = "INFO"
-addopts = "--verbose --color=yes"
+addopts = "--verbose --color=yes --import-mode=importlib"
 testpaths = "tests"
 junit_family = "xunit2"
 junit_logging = "all"