diff --git a/MzidToTsvConverter/MzidToTsvConverter.csproj b/MzidToTsvConverter/MzidToTsvConverter.csproj
index eb00831..c3e50d2 100644
--- a/MzidToTsvConverter/MzidToTsvConverter.csproj
+++ b/MzidToTsvConverter/MzidToTsvConverter.csproj
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>MzidToTsvConverter</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>MzidToTsvConverter</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>MzidToTsvConverter</PackageId>
-    <Version>1.4.8</Version>
-    <AssemblyVersion>$(Version)</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>$(Version)</FileVersion>
     <Description>Converts mzid[.gz] files to the MS-GF+ tsv format (tab-separated values). Designed for MS-GF+ mzid files (looks for EValue and SpecEValue scores)</Description>
     <Company>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory</Company>
     <Product>Mzid To Tsv Converter</Product>
@@ -30,6 +27,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="30.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" Version="3.6.133">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="PRISM-Library" Version="2.8.16" />
     <PackageReference Include="PSI_Interface" Version="2.6.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MzidToTsvConverter/version.json b/MzidToTsvConverter/version.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caefa47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MzidToTsvConverter/version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/main/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
+  "version": "1.5",
+  "assemblyVersion": {
+    "precision": "revision"
+  },
+  "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
+    "^refs/heads/master$" // we release out of master; added to remove commit ID from the NuGet package version
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/bin",
+    "**/obj"
+  ]
+}
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