diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 642d5bb2..36148780 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ jobs:
           sed -i '/<!-- pypi-strip -->/,/<!-- \/pypi-strip -->/d' README.md
       - name: Only bundle client build for PyPI release
         run: |
-          # This sed command finds the line that immediately follows
-          # [tool.setuptools.package-data], then replaces instances of
-          # `client/**/*` with `client/build/**/*`.
-          sed -i=bak '/\[tool\.setuptools\.package-data\]/{n;s/"client\/\*\*\/\*"/"client\/build\/\*\*\/\*"/g;}' pyproject.toml
-          # This sed commands removes `, "client/**/.*"` from the package-data.
-          sed -i=bak '/\[tool\.setuptools\.package-data\]/{n;s/, "client\/\*\*\/\.\*"//g;}' pyproject.toml
+          # This should delete everything in src/viser/client except for the
+          # build folder.
+          mv src/viser/client/build ./__built_client
+          rm -rf src/viser/client/*
+          mv ./__built_client src/viser/client/build
       - name: Build and publish
         env:
           PYPI_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3acbaedf..3463796c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.build]
+packages = ["src/viser"]
+# .nodeenv can't be copied/moved without causing errors.
+exclude = ["src/viser/client/.nodeenv", "src/viser/client/node_modules"]
 
 [project]
 name = "viser"
-version = "0.2.12"
+version = "0.2.13"
 description = "3D visualization + Python"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text="MIT" }
@@ -57,29 +62,6 @@ examples = [
 [project.urls]
 "GitHub" = "https://github.com/nerfstudio-project/viser"
 
-# <>
-# Important: in the ./.github/workflows/publish.yml action, we have sed
-# commands that assume the `viser = ...` line below directly follows
-# `[tool.setuptools.package-data]`. We use this to remove the client source
-# from PyPI builds.
-#
-# We should make sure that any modifications to the package-data list remain
-# compatible with the sed commands!
-#
-# We keep the client source in by default to support things like pip
-# installation via the Git URL, because build artifacts aren't
-# version-controlled.
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-viser = ["py.typed", "*.pyi", "_icons/tabler-icons.zip", "client/**/*", "client/**/.*"]
-# </>
-
-[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
-# We exclude node_modules to prevent long build times for wheels when
-# installing from source, eg via `pip install .`.
-#
-# https://github.com/nerfstudio-project/viser/issues/271
-viser = ["**/node_modules/**"]
-
 [project.scripts]
 viser-dev-checks = "viser.scripts.dev_checks:entrypoint"