diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 3167ed9..5aab9d9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 esoreader.py
-setup.cfg
-setup.py
+pyproject.tml
 README.rst
 LICENSE.TXT
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d719b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[project]
+name = "esoreader"
+version = "1.2.3"
+description = "A module for parsing EnergyPlus *.eso files"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
+authors = [
+    { name = "Daren Thomas", email = "thomas@arch.ethz.ch" }
+]
+keywords = ["simulation", "parsing", "energyplus", "pandas"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "pandas",
+    "pytest"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader"
+Repository = "https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader"
+Download = "https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader/archive/1.2.3.tar.gz"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = ["esoreader"]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f28e21..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-
-description-file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fd8977c..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-import os
-
-
-long_description = 'see the GitHub repository for more information: https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader'  # noqa
-if os.path.exists('README.rst'):
-    long_description = open('README.rst').read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name='esoreader',
-    py_modules=['esoreader'],  # this must be the same as the name above
-    version='1.2.3',
-    description='A module for parsing EnergyPlus *.eso files',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    author='Daren Thomas',
-    author_email='thomas@arch.ethz.ch',
-    url='https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader',
-    download_url='https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/esoreader/archive/1.2.3.tar.gz',  # noqa
-    keywords=['simulation', 'parsing', 'energyplus', 'pandas'],  # arbitrary keywords  # noqa
-    classifiers=[],
-)