diff --git a/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-base.toml b/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-base.toml
index a65577e10d..75ee35e653 100644
--- a/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-base.toml
+++ b/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-base.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dirty = "{{base_version}}+d{{build_date:%Y%m%d}}"
 distance-dirty = "{{next_version}}.dev{{distance}}+{{vcs}}{{rev}}.d{{build_date:%Y%m%d}}"
 
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method = { module = "version_helper", value = "get_amuse_version", module-dir = "amuse_{code}/support/shared" }
+method = {{ module = "version_helper", value = "get_amuse_version", module-dir = "amuse_{code}/support/shared" }}
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 skip-excluded-dirs = true
diff --git a/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-extra.toml b/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-extra.toml
index 27bc97f90c..240478ca7a 100644
--- a/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-extra.toml
+++ b/src/amuse/rfi/tools/dir_templates/pyproject-extra.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dirty = "{{base_version}}+d{{build_date:%Y%m%d}}"
 distance-dirty = "{{next_version}}.dev{{distance}}+{{vcs}}{{rev}}.d{{build_date:%Y%m%d}}"
 
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method = { module = "version_helper", value = "get_amuse_version", module-dir = "amuse_{code}/support/shared" }
+method = {{ module = "version_helper", value = "get_amuse_version", module-dir = "amuse_{code}/support/shared" }}
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 skip-excluded-dirs = true