diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 28bf43b..8c0134d 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-versionWithGit
+// be scala steward friendly, as per scala/scala-dist-smoketest#45
+ThisBuild / dynverSeparator := "-"
 
 scalaVersion := version.value
-
 libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang" % "scala-dist" % version.value
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 34e16ce..827ff36 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "2.0.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.0")