diff --git a/cadquery/__init__.py b/cadquery/__init__.py
index 4645a3d88..42b888b36 100644
--- a/cadquery/__init__.py
+++ b/cadquery/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("cadquery")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    __version__ = "2.2-dev"
+
 # these items point to the OCC implementation
 from .occ_impl.geom import Plane, BoundBox, Vector, Matrix, Location
 from .occ_impl.shapes import (
@@ -69,5 +77,3 @@
     "plugins",
     "Sketch",
 ]
-
-__version__ = "2.1"
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 756bc0007..be553b535 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.6
+  - python>=3.8
   - ipython
   - ocp=7.5.3
   - vtk=9.0.1
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - casadi
   - pip
   - pip:
+    - "--install-option=\"--no-deps\""
     - "--editable=."
     - sphinxcadquery
     - multimethod
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c341c5aa9..2da6c19d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,23 +14,46 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+reqs = []
+setup_reqs = []
 
-# if we are building in travis, use the build number as the sub-minor version
-version = "2.1"
-if "TRAVIS_TAG" in os.environ.keys():
-    version = os.environ["TRAVIS_TAG"]
+# ReadTheDocs, AppVeyor and Azure builds will break when trying to instal pip deps in a conda env
+is_rtd = "READTHEDOCS" in os.environ
+is_appveyor = "APPVEYOR" in os.environ
+is_azure = "CONDA_PY" in os.environ
 
+# Only include the installation dependencies if we are not running on RTD or AppVeyor
+if not is_rtd and not is_appveyor and not is_azure:
+    reqs = [
+        "cadquery-ocp",
+        "ezdxf",
+        "multimethod",
+        "nlopt",
+        "nptyping>=2",
+        "typish",
+        "casadi",
+        "path",
+    ]
+
+    setup_reqs = ["setuptools_scm"]
 
 setup(
     name="cadquery",
-    version=version,
-    url="https://github.com/dcowden/cadquery",
+    use_scm_version=True,
+    url="https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery",
     license="Apache Public License 2.0",
     author="David Cowden",
     author_email="dave.cowden@gmail.com",
     description="CadQuery is a parametric  scripting language for creating and traversing CAD models",
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests",)),
+    python_requires=">=3.8,<3.11",
+    setup_requires=setup_reqs,
+    install_requires=reqs,
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": ["docutils", "ipython", "pytest", "black==19.10b0", "click==8.0.4",],
+        "ipython": ["ipython",],
+    },
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms="any",