diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
index 95cb3eea4e..3994ec0a83 100644
--- a/.git_archival.txt
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+node: $Format:%H$
+node-date: $Format:%cI$
+describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true)$
 ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b1e5f60a80..fa315290ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools>=34.4",
 
     # Plugins
-    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.5",
-    "setuptools_scm_git_archive>=1.1",
+    "setuptools-scm >= 7.0.0; python_version >= '3.7'",
+    #  ^    supports git archives through a plugin
+    #  |                                        |
+    # supports git archives natively            V
+    "setuptools-scm[toml] >= 3.5, < 7.0.0; python_version < '3.7'",
+    "setuptools-scm-git-archive >= 1.1; python_version < '3.7'",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/requirements/dist-build-constraints.in b/requirements/dist-build-constraints.in
index 26b57228a9..437748fef2 100644
--- a/requirements/dist-build-constraints.in
+++ b/requirements/dist-build-constraints.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 setuptools >= 34.4
 
 # Plugins
-setuptools_scm[toml] >= 3.5
 setuptools_scm_git_archive >= 1.1
 
 # Dynamic (coming from setuptools' PEP 517 build backend)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1f2b08f4c3..9e25a0deb0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 
 # These are required during `setup.py` run:
 setup_requires =
-  setuptools_scm>=1.15.0
-  setuptools_scm_git_archive>=1.0
+  setuptools_scm >= 7.0.0; python_version >= '3.7'"
 
 # These are required in actual runtime:
 install_requires =