diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel"]
+
+[project]
+name = "mods4pandas"
+version = "0.0.0"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Mike Gerber", email = "mike.gerber@sbb.spk-berlin.de"},
+    {name = "The QURATOR SPK Team", email = "qurator@sbb.spk-berlin.de"},
+]
+description = "Convert MODS metadata to a pandas DataFrame"
+readme = "README.md"
+license.file = "LICENSE"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+keywords = ["qurator", "mets", "mods", "metadata", "library"]
+
+dynamic = ["dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
+
+# https://pypi.org/classifiers/
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Intended Audience :: Other Audience",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+mods4pandas="qurator.mods4pandas.mods4pandas:main"
+alto4pandas="qurator.mods4pandas.alto4pandas:main"
+
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/qurator-spk/mods4pandas"
+Repository = "https://github.com/qurator-spk/mods4pandas.git"
+
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+optional-dependencies.dev = {file = ["requirements-dev.txt"]}
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["qurator"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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-from io import open
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-with open('requirements.txt') as fp:
-    install_requires = fp.read()
-with open('requirements-test.txt') as fp:
-    tests_requires = fp.read()
-
-setup(
-    name='mods4pandas',
-    author='Mike Gerber, The QURATOR SPK Team',
-    author_email='mike.gerber@sbb.spk-berlin.de, qurator@sbb.spk-berlin.de',
-    description='Convert MODS metadata to a pandas DataFrame',
-    long_description=open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8').read(),
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    keywords='qurator mets mods library',
-    license='Apache',
-    namespace_packages=['qurator'],
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['*.tests', '*.tests.*', 'tests.*', 'tests']),
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    entry_points={
-      'console_scripts': [
-        'mods4pandas=qurator.mods4pandas.mods4pandas:main',
-        'alto4pandas=qurator.mods4pandas.alto4pandas:main',
-      ]
-    },
-    python_requires='>=3.0.0',
-    tests_requires=tests_requires,
-)