diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42adbc5..6214e4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
-dependencies = [
- "jobserver",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -374,26 +371,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-iterator"
-version = "1.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "706d9e7cf1c7664859d79cd524e4e53ea2b67ea03c98cc2870c5e539695d597e"
-dependencies = [
- "enum-iterator-derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-iterator-derive"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "355f93763ef7b0ae1c43c4d8eccc9d5848d84ad1a1d8ce61c421d1ac85a19d05"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "enum_dispatch"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -589,37 +566,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getset"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e45727250e75cc04ff2846a66397da8ef2b3db8e40e0cef4df67950a07621eb9"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.27.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0a93d233ebf96623465aad4046a8d3aa4da22d4f4beba5388838c8a434bbb4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "git2"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ccf7f68c2995f392c49fffb4f95ae2c873297830eb25c6bc4c114ce8f4562acc"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "libc",
- "libgit2-sys",
- "log",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -849,15 +801,6 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.26"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "936cfd212a0155903bcbc060e316fb6cc7cbf2e1907329391ebadc1fe0ce77c2"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.61"
@@ -879,30 +822,6 @@ version = "0.2.140"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "99227334921fae1a979cf0bfdfcc6b3e5ce376ef57e16fb6fb3ea2ed6095f80c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.14.2+1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f3d95f6b51075fe9810a7ae22c7095f12b98005ab364d8544797a825ce946a4"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9702761c3935f8cc2f101793272e202c72b99da8f4224a19ddcf1279a6450bbf"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "link-cplusplus"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -1234,30 +1153,6 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error-attr",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
- "version_check",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.53"
@@ -1694,7 +1589,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "solar-grabber"
 version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
  "enum_dispatch",
@@ -2099,17 +1993,12 @@ checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vergen"
-version = "7.5.1"
+version = "8.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f21b881cd6636ece9735721cf03c1fe1e774fe258683d084bb2812ab67435749"
+checksum = "c1b86a8af1dedf089b1c78338678e4c7492b6045649042d94faf19690499d236"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "cfg-if",
- "enum-iterator",
- "getset",
- "git2",
  "rustversion",
- "thiserror",
  "time 0.3.20",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bda23d4..8cf6b24 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.38"
 url = "2.2.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.68"
-vergen = { version = "7.5.0", default_features = false, features = ["build", "git"] }
+vergen = { version = "8.1.1", features = ["build", "git", "gitcl"] }
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
 maintainer = "Paul van Tilburg <paul@luon.net>"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 7ce7a8a..a390899 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-use anyhow::Result;
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};
+use std::error::Error;
+use vergen::EmitBuilder;
 
-fn main() -> Result<()> {
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     // Generate the `cargo:` instructions to fill the appropriate environment variables.
-    vergen(Config::default())
+    EmitBuilder::builder().all_build().all_git().emit()?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0a0e974..dd2aa6f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl VersionInfo {
     /// Retrieves the version information from the environment variables.
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            version: String::from(env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER")),
+            version: String::from(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
             timestamp: String::from(env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP")),
             git_sha: String::from(&env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..7]),
             git_timestamp: String::from(env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP")),
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pub fn setup() -> Rocket<Build> {
         .attach(AdHoc::on_liftoff("Version", |_| {
             Box::pin(async move {
                 let name = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
-                let version = env!("VERGEN_BUILD_SEMVER");
+                let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
                 let git_sha = &env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..7];
 
                 println!("☀️ Started {name} v{version} (git @{git_sha})");