diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 0d7f73c2..59a81b05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.9"
       - run: |
-          pip install -r docs/requirements.txt pytest
+          pip install -r docs/requirements.txt pytest -e .
       - run: |
           pytest docs/
 
diff --git a/docs/source/rbac/generate-scope-table.py b/docs/source/rbac/generate-scope-table.py
index 370d88ba..2ba82e97 100644
--- a/docs/source/rbac/generate-scope-table.py
+++ b/docs/source/rbac/generate-scope-table.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from pytablewriter import MarkdownTableWriter
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
+import jupyterhub
 from jupyterhub.scopes import scope_definitions
 
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -102,18 +103,20 @@ class ScopeTableGenerator:
         yaml = YAML(typ='rt')
         yaml.preserve_quotes = True
         scope_dict = {}
-        with open(filename, 'r+') as f:
+        with open(filename) as f:
             content = yaml.load(f.read())
-            f.seek(0)
-            for scope in self.scopes:
-                description = self.scopes[scope]['description']
-                doc_description = self.scopes[scope].get('doc_description', '')
-                if doc_description:
-                    description = doc_description
-                scope_dict[scope] = description
-            content['securityDefinitions']['oauth2']['scopes'] = scope_dict
+
+        content["info"]["version"] = jupyterhub.__version__
+        for scope in self.scopes:
+            description = self.scopes[scope]['description']
+            doc_description = self.scopes[scope].get('doc_description', '')
+            if doc_description:
+                description = doc_description
+            scope_dict[scope] = description
+        content['securityDefinitions']['oauth2']['scopes'] = scope_dict
+
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
             yaml.dump(content, f)
-            f.truncate()
 
 
 def main():