diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
index 3be3142..458c0e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
@@ -1,36 +1,26 @@
-name: Run Unit Tests
+tests:
+  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  strategy:
+    fail-fast: false
+    matrix:
+      python-version:
+        - "3.10"
+        - "3.11"
+        - "3.12"
+  name: Check Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0 # Only needed if using setuptools-scm
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        allow-prereleases: true
 
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    - name: Install package
+      run: python -m pip install -e .[test]
 
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12]  # Modify these versions as needed
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Install ooipy
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install -e .
-          pip install pytest  # Install pytest if not included in requirements
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          pytest tests/
+    - name: Test package
+      run: python -m pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b75fd5..1b3f15d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ooi_auth.txt
 .eggs
 _ooipy_version.py
 *.nc
+src/ooipy/version.py
 
 # Environments
 .env
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9970d6b..59bf3ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "aiohttp",
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest >= 6.0",
+]
+
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://ooipy.readthedocs.io"
 Issues = "https://github.com/Ocean-Data-Lab/ooipy/issues"
diff --git a/src/ooipy/version.py b/src/ooipy/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b3ccce4..0000000
--- a/src/ooipy/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '1.2.1.dev43+gff1c5f8.d20241030'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (1, 2, 1, 'dev43', 'gff1c5f8.d20241030')