diff --git a/inject_runtime_pyproject.py b/inject_runtime_pyproject.py
index 11ee34f1..b36f34db 100644
--- a/inject_runtime_pyproject.py
+++ b/inject_runtime_pyproject.py
@@ -10,14 +10,40 @@
 
 RUNTIME_PYPROJECT_PATH = "tesseract_core/runtime/meta/pyproject.toml"
 
+BASE_OPTIONAL_DEPS = {
+    "dev": [
+        "fastapi",
+        "httpx",  # required by fastapi test client
+        "jsf",
+        "requests",
+        "numpy",
+        "pre-commit",
+        "pytest",
+        "pytest-cov",
+        "pytest-mock",
+        "moto[server]",
+        "aiobotocore>=2.19.0",  # without this pip dependency resolution fails
+        "typeguard",
+        "detect-secrets[gibberish]",
+        # also add all other extras here
+        "tesseract-core[runtime]",
+    ],
+    "runtime": [],
+}
+
+BASE_SCRIPTS = {
+    "tesseract": "tesseract_core.sdk.cli:entrypoint",
+}
+
 
 class RuntimeDepenencyHook(MetadataHookInterface):
     PLUGIN_NAME = "runtime-deps"
 
     def update(self, metadata):
         runtime_metadata = toml.load(Path(self.root) / RUNTIME_PYPROJECT_PATH)
-        metadata["optional-dependencies"]["runtime"] = runtime_metadata["project"][
-            "dependencies"
-        ]
-        metadata["scripts"].update(runtime_metadata["project"]["scripts"])
+        metadata["optional-dependencies"] = {
+            **BASE_OPTIONAL_DEPS,
+            "runtime": runtime_metadata["project"]["dependencies"],
+        }
+        metadata["scripts"] = {**BASE_SCRIPTS, **runtime_metadata["project"]["scripts"]}
         return metadata
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 33e3c7ee..f0086058 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,38 +17,18 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "requests",
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
-
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-# Populated by our custom hook based on dependencies in `tesseract_core/runtime/meta/pyproject.toml`
-# Changes to this list will be ignored
-runtime = []
-
-dev = [
-    "fastapi",
-    "httpx",  # required by fastapi test client
-    "jsf",
-    "requests",
-    "numpy",
-    "pre-commit",
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "pytest-mock",
-    "moto[server]",
-    "aiobotocore>=2.19.0",  # without this pip dependency resolution fails
-    "typeguard",
-    "detect-secrets[gibberish]",
-    # also add all other extras here
-    "tesseract-core[runtime]",
+dynamic = [
+    # Injected via hatch-vcs
+    "version",
+    # Injected via inject_runtime_pyproject.py
+    "optional-dependencies",
+    "scripts",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/pasteurlabs/tesseract-core"
 Documentation = "https://pasteur-labs-tesseract-core.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/"
 
-[project.scripts]
-tesseract = "tesseract_core.sdk.cli:entrypoint"
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs", "toml"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tesseract_core/sdk/cli.py b/tesseract_core/sdk/cli.py
index 04d657bd..961d68d8 100755
--- a/tesseract_core/sdk/cli.py
+++ b/tesseract_core/sdk/cli.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def _validate_tesseract_name(name: str | None) -> str:
 def version_callback(value: bool | None) -> None:
     """Typer callback for version option."""
     if value:
-        from . import __version__
+        from tesseract_core import __version__
 
         typer.echo(__version__)
         raise typer.Exit()
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/test_cli.py b/tests/sdk_tests/test_cli.py
index 7a5af60c..a82cf94f 100644
--- a/tests/sdk_tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/test_cli.py
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ def test_suggestion_on_misspelled_command(cli_runner):
     assert result.exit_code == 2, result.stdout
     assert "No such command 'wellbloodygreatinnit'." in result.stderr
     assert "Did you mean" not in result.stderr
+
+
+def test_version(cli_runner):
+    from tesseract_core import __version__
+
+    result = cli_runner.invoke(cli, ["--version"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
+    assert __version__ in result.stdout