diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 34452b27..aed070b5 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-# load information from setup.cfg/setup.py
-{% set data = load_setup_py_data() %}
-{% set description = data.get('description') %}
-{% set url = data.get('url') %}
+-# load information from pyproject.toml through poetry
+{% set pyproject = load_file_data('pyproject.toml') %}
+{% set poetry = pyproject.get('tool', {}).get('poetry') %}
+{% set description = poetry.get('description') %}
+{% set url = poetry.get('repository') %}
 # this will get the version set by environment variable
 {% set version = environ.get('VERSION') %}
 {% set git_describe_number = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', '0') | string %}
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 19d489dc..a9cb1d52 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
  - pytest-cov=4.0.0
  - setuptools
  - sphinx
+ - poetry
  - python-build
  - pip
  - pip:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6fd70502..01d56c02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 name = "shiver"
 description = "Spectroscopy Histogram Visualizer for Event Reduction"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "mantidworkbench >= 6.6.20230517",
     "pyoncat == 1.6.1"
 ]
 
+[tool.poetry]
+description = "Spectroscopy Histogram Visualizer for Event Reduction"
+
 [project.urls]
-"Homepage" = "https://github.com/neutrons/Shiver/"
+homepage = "https://github.com/neutrons/Shiver/"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [