diff --git a/changes/173.misc.rst b/changes/173.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8edd7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/173.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated setuptools-scm from 8.0.4 to 8.1.0.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a1a33f..fcac7e9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools==69.5.1",
-    "setuptools_scm==8.0.4",
+    "setuptools_scm==8.1.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"