diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron.yml b/.github/workflows/cron.yml
index 66cf544..e0afaa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ on:
 jobs:
     tests:
       uses: pylhc/.github/.github/workflows/cron.yml@master
-      with:
-        extra-dependencies: test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 74b02fd..5970e25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,3 @@ on:  # Runs on any push event to any branch except master (the coverage workflow
 jobs:
   tests:
     uses: pylhc/.github/.github/workflows/tests.yml@master
-    with:
-      extra-dependencies: test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b0e213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "sdds/__init__.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+  "/.github",
+  "/doc",
+  "/tests",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["sdds"]
+
+[project]
+name = "sdds"
+readme = "README.md"
+description = "SDDS file handling."
+authors = [
+    {name = "OMC Team", email = "pylhc@github.com"},  # see zenodo file / commits for details
+]
+license = "MIT"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+
+keywords = [
+  "SDDS",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    "Typing :: Typed",
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy >= 1.24",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest>=7.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=2.9",
+]
+doc = [
+    "sphinx >= 7.0",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme >= 2.0",
+]
+
+all = [
+    "sdds[test]",
+    "sdds[doc]",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/pylhc/sdds"
+repository = "https://github.com/pylhc/sdds"
+documentation = "https://pylhc.github.io/sdds/"
+changelog = "https://github.com/pylhc/sdds/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 16523bb..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-import pathlib
-
-import setuptools
-
-MODULE_NAME = "sdds"
-# The directory containing this file
-TOPLEVEL_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
-ABOUT_FILE = TOPLEVEL_DIR / MODULE_NAME / "__init__.py"
-README = TOPLEVEL_DIR / "README.md"
-
-
-def about_package(init_posixpath: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
-    """
-    Return package information defined with dunders in __init__.py as a dictionary, when
-    provided with a PosixPath to the __init__.py file.
-    """
-    about_text: str = init_posixpath.read_text()
-    return {
-        entry.split(" = ")[0]: entry.split(" = ")[1].strip('"')
-        for entry in about_text.strip().split("\n")
-        if entry.startswith("__")
-    }
-
-
-ABOUT_SDDS = about_package(ABOUT_FILE)
-
-with README.open("r") as docs:
-    long_description = docs.read()
-
-# Dependencies for the package itself
-DEPENDENCIES = [
-    "numpy>=1.19.0",
-]
-
-# Extra dependencies
-EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES = {
-    "test": ["pytest>=5.2", "pytest-cov>=2.6", "attrs>=19.2.0"],
-    "doc": ["sphinx", "sphinx_rtd_theme"],
-}
-EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES.update({"all": [elem for list_ in EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES.values() for elem in list_]})
-
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    name=ABOUT_SDDS["__title__"],
-    version=ABOUT_SDDS["__version__"],
-    description=ABOUT_SDDS["__description__"],
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author=ABOUT_SDDS["__author__"],
-    author_email=ABOUT_SDDS["__author_email__"],
-    url=ABOUT_SDDS["__url__"],
-    license="MIT",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    ],
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(include=(MODULE_NAME,)),
-    install_requires=DEPENDENCIES,
-    tests_require=EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES["test"],
-    extras_require=EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES,
-)