diff --git a/cratedb_sqlparse_py/pyproject.toml b/cratedb_sqlparse_py/pyproject.toml
index 98a347c..795782c 100644
--- a/cratedb_sqlparse_py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cratedb_sqlparse_py/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ requires = [
 method = "git"
 default-tag = "0.0.0"
 
+[tool.versioningit.next-version]
+method = "smallest"
+
+[tool.versioningit.format]
+distance = "{next_version}"
+
 [project]
 name = "cratedb-sqlparse"
 description = "Parsing utilities to validate and split SQL statements for CrateDB."