diff --git a/cmweather/__init__.py b/cmweather/__init__.py
index 992601d..02d6b09 100644
--- a/cmweather/__init__.py
+++ b/cmweather/__init__.py
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@
     * plasmidis
 
 """
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
-
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 from . import cm, cm_colorblind  # noqa
 
-# Get the version
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
-except DistributionNotFound:  # pragma: no cover
-    __version__ = '0.0.0'  # pragma: no cover
+    __version__ = version('cmweather')
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/pst-versions.json b/docs/source/_static/pst-versions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74b3a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/_static/pst-versions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {
+    "version": "dev",
+    "url": "https://cmweather.readthedocs.io/en/dev"
+  },
+  {
+    "version": "latest",
+    "url": "https://cmweather.readthedocs.io/en/latest/",
+    "is_latest": true
+  }
+]
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index bc27f2a..bdf3ef7 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
@@ -92,9 +93,19 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = cmweather.__version__.split('+')[0]
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+verinfo = cmweather.__version__
+parsed_version = re.search(r'(?P<full>(?P<base>\d+\.\d+)\.?\w*)', verinfo).groupdict()
+
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = parsed_version['base']
+if '+' in verinfo:
+    version += 'dev'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = cmweather.__version__
+release = parsed_version['full']
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -143,7 +154,13 @@
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
-# html_theme_options = {}
+html_theme_options = {
+    'navbar_start': ['navbar-logo', 'version-switcher'],
+    'switcher': {
+        'json_url': 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mgrover1/cmweather/add-version-switcher/docs/source/_static/pst-versions.json',
+        'version_match': 'dev' if 'dev' in version else f'v{version}',
+    },
+}
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 # html_theme_path = []
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01b2047..1248efb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     ],
     description='A library of useful colormaps when visualizing weather and climate data, with numerous color vision deficiency friendly options',
     install_requires=requirements,
-    setup_requires='setuptools_scm',
+    setup_requires=['setuptools', 'wheel', 'setuptools_scm'],
     license='MIT license',
     long_description=long_description,
     include_package_data=True,
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
     zip_safe=False,
     use_scm_version={
         'version_scheme': 'post-release',
-        'local_scheme': 'dirty-tag',
     },
 )