diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98825526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+ignore = W503,W504
+
+[pycodestyle]
+max_line_length = 120
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f8d43152..5eec5f6a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-include LICENSE
 include README.rst
 include CHANGES.md
 include tox.ini
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 590e0b11..18ba6e4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,89 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=30.3.0",
-            "setuptools_scm",
-            "wheel"]
-build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=80",
+    "setuptools-scm[simple]>=8",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pytest-mpl"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Thomas Robitaille", email = "thomas.robitaille@gmail.com" },
+]
+license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+license-files = [
+    "LICENSE",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Framework :: Pytest",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+description = "pytest plugin to help with testing figures output from Matplotlib"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+dependencies = [
+    "pytest>=5.4.0",
+    "matplotlib>=3.3.3",
+    "packaging>=22.0.0",
+    "Jinja2>=2.10.2",
+    "Pillow>=8.1.1",
+]
+dynamic = [
+    "version",
+]
+
+[project.readme]
+file = "README.rst"
+content-type = "text/x-rst"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/matplotlib/pytest-mpl"
+
+[project.entry-points.pytest11]
+pytest_mpl = "pytest_mpl.plugin"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
+]
+docs = [
+    "sphinx>=7.0.0",
+    "mpl_sphinx_theme>=3.9.0",
+    "sphinx_design>=0.6.0",
+    "matplotlib==3.9.*",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = true
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+namespaces = false
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = [
+    "tests",
+]
+norecursedirs = [
+    "tests/subtests/subtest",
+]
+filterwarnings = [
+    "error",
+    "ignore:distutils Version classes are deprecated",
+    "ignore:the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib",
+    "ignore:The NumPy module was reloaded",
+]
+
+[tool.isort]
+balanced_wrapping = true
+length_sort = false
+length_sort_sections = [
+    "stdlib",
+]
+line_length = 100
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d6642e3..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-license_file = LICENSE
-name = pytest-mpl
-url = https://github.com/matplotlib/pytest-mpl
-author = Thomas Robitaille
-author_email = thomas.robitaille@gmail.com
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-    Framework :: Pytest
-    Intended Audience :: Developers
-    Topic :: Software Development :: Testing
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
-license = BSD
-description = pytest plugin to help with testing figures output from Matplotlib
-long_description = file: README.rst
-long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
-
-[options]
-zip_safe = True
-packages = find:
-include_package_data = True
-python_requires = >=3.9
-install_requires =
-    pytest
-    matplotlib
-    importlib_resources;python_version<'3.8'
-    packaging
-    Jinja2
-    Pillow
-
-[options.entry_points]
-pytest11 =
-    pytest_mpl = pytest_mpl.plugin
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    pytest-cov
-docs =
-    sphinx
-    mpl_sphinx_theme>=3.9.0
-    sphinx_design
-    matplotlib==3.9.*
-
-[tool:pytest]
-testpaths = tests
-norecursedirs = tests/subtests/subtest
-filterwarnings =
-    error
-    ignore:distutils Version classes are deprecated
-    ignore:the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib
-    ignore:The NumPy module was reloaded
-
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 120
-ignore = W503,W504
-
-[pycodestyle]
-max_line_length = 120
-
-[isort]
-balanced_wrapping = True
-length_sort = False
-length_sort_sections = stdlib
-line_length = 100
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 92354ee1..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup(use_scm_version=True)