diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 8bbda6fc3..06ceac691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4.5.0
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: requirements/dev.txt
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install -U pip wheel 'coveralls>=3'
-          python -m pip install -U -r requirements/dev.txt
-          python -m pip install -e .
+          python -m pip install --upgrade 'coveralls>=3' pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade --requirement requirements/dev.txt
+          python -m pip install --editable .
       - name: Run Tests
         run: |
           make test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Finished
         run: |
-          pip3 install -U 'coveralls>=3'
+          python -m pip install --upgrade 'coveralls>=3' pip
           coveralls --finish --service=github
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install -U pip wheel
-          pip install -U .
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build pip
+          pip install --upgrade .
       - name: Build Distribution
         run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          make build
 
       - name: Publish Package
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.6.4
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 53736ca68..a0e0509b7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-exclude tests/*
-recursive-include holidays/locale *.mo
-recursive-include holidays/locale *.po
-include *.py
-include *.rst
 include CHANGES
 include holidays/py.typed
-include LICENSE
-include scripts/l10n/msgfmt.py
+recursive-include docs *
+recursive-include holidays *.py
+recursive-include holidays/locale *.(mp)o
+recursive-include scripts/l10n *.py
+recursive-include tests *.py
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19bd62855..38c4a3e3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 help:
 	@echo "Usage: make <target>"
+	@echo "    build         build distribution"
 	@echo "    check         run pre-commit and tests"
 	@echo "    coverage      identify code not covered with tests"
 	@echo "    help          show summary of available commands"
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ help:
 	@echo "    test          run tests (in parallel)"
 	@echo "    tox           run tox (in parallel)"
 
+build:
+	scripts/l10n/generate_mo_files.py
+	python -m build
+
 check:
 	make pre-commit
 	make doc
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index aa28af83a..fcf6515c3 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ chameleon
 lingua
 
 # Deployment.
+build
 pip>=19.2.3
-wheel>=0.33.6
diff --git a/scripts/l10n/generate_mo_files.py b/scripts/l10n/generate_mo_files.py
index 8f45aec6a..5ef89b22a 100755
--- a/scripts/l10n/generate_mo_files.py
+++ b/scripts/l10n/generate_mo_files.py
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ class MOGenerator:
 
     def run(self):
         """Runs the .mo files generation process."""
-        # Delete old files.
-        for mo_file in Path(os.path.join("holidays", "locale")).rglob("*.mo"):
-            os.unlink(str(mo_file))
-
-        # Create new files.
         for po_path in Path(os.path.join("holidays", "locale")).rglob("*.po"):
             po_file = str(po_path)
             mo_file = po_file.replace(".po", ".mo")
+
+            if os.path.exists(mo_file):
+                os.unlink(mo_file)
             subprocess.run(
                 (
                     sys.executable,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f03c8e33..24dc6a66d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,34 +9,7 @@
 #  Website: https://github.com/dr-prodigy/python-holidays
 #  License: MIT (see LICENSE file)
 
-import os
-import subprocess
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
-
-def generate_mo_files():
-    """Looks up for .po files and generates respective .mo files."""
-    for po_path in Path(os.path.join("holidays", "locale")).rglob("*.po"):
-        po_file = str(po_path)
-        mo_file = po_file.replace(".po", ".mo")
-
-        if os.path.exists(mo_file):
-            os.unlink(mo_file)
-        subprocess.run(
-            (
-                sys.executable,
-                os.path.join("scripts", "l10n", "msgfmt.py"),
-                "-o",
-                mo_file,
-                po_file,
-            ),
-            check=True,
-        )
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    generate_mo_files()
     setup()