diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c171a15..847e1bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ sphinx-autoapi = "^3.0.0"
 sphinx-rtd-theme = "^2.0.0"
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = "pyproject.toml:version" # version location
-branch = "main"                             # branch to make releases of
-changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"             # changelog file
-build_command = "poetry build"              # build dists
+version_toml = [
+    "pyproject.toml:tool.poetry.version",
+] 
+branch = "main"                             
+changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"             
+build_command = "pip install poetry && poetry build"             
 dist_path = "dist/"                         # where to put dists
 upload_to_release = true                    # auto-create GitHub release
 upload_to_pypi = false                      # don't auto-upload to PyPI