diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 3780608..dbe718b 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ run = "uv lock --upgrade"
 [tasks.lint]
 description = "Lint and format code"
 alias = "l"
-run = "ruff check --fix . && ruff format ."
+run = "uv run sh -c 'ruff check --fix . && ruff format .'"
 
 [tasks.test]
 description = "Run tests with coverage"
 alias = "t"
-run = "coverage run -m pytest . && coverage report -m && coverage xml"
+run = "uv run sh -c 'coverage run -m pytest . && coverage report -m && coverage xml'"
 
 [tasks.all]
 description = "Full setup from scratch"
diff --git a/project/app.py b/project/app.py
index c8e543c..7a50b36 100644
--- a/project/app.py
+++ b/project/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 from click import command, option, secho, version_option
 
 
+class _LazyVersion:
+    """
+    Retrieve the project version from pyproject.toml lazily.
+
+    This is a performance optimization to avoid the overhead of importlib.metadata
+    and to ensure the version is available even if the package is not installed.
+    """
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        import re
+        from pathlib import Path
+
+        try:
+            content = (Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml").read_text()
+            if match := re.search(r'^version\s*=\s*"(.*?)"', content, re.MULTILINE):
+                return match.group(1)
+        except Exception:  # noqa: S110  # pragma: no cover
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            import importlib.metadata
+
+            return importlib.metadata.version("project")
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+            return "0.0.0"
+
+
 @command(
     context_settings={"help_option_names": ["-h", "--help"]},
     help="Say hello to a user.",
@@ -14,7 +41,7 @@
     show_default=True,
     metavar="<name>",
 )
-@version_option()
+@version_option(version=_LazyVersion())
 def main(name: str = "World"):
     """
     Say hello to the given name.