diff --git a/.github/workflows/skosprovider_sqlalchemy.yaml b/.github/workflows/skosprovider_sqlalchemy.yaml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/skosprovider_sqlalchemy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: skosprovider_sqlalchemy backend tests
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - skosprovider_sqlalchemy/**
+      - tests/**
+      - skosprovider_sqlalchemy.yaml
+      - pyproject.toml
+      - requirements*.txt
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      # You can test your matrix by printing the current Python version
+      - name: Display Python version
+        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
+
+      - name: Install python requirements
+        env:
+          HATCH_BUILD_NO_HOOKS: true
+        working-directory: ./
+        run: |
+          pip --version
+          pip install pip-tools
+          pip-sync requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -e .
+      - name: Python tests
+        run: pytest tests --exitfirst --capture=no -vvv --full-trace
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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index db04d29..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-os: linux
-dist: bionic
-python:
- - "3.8"
- - "3.9"
- - "3.10"
- - "3.11"
-services:
- - postgresql
-env:
- - DB="sqlite" SAURL="sqlite:///:memory:"
- - DB="postgres" SAURL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/skosprovider_sqlalchemy"
-install:
- - pip install --upgrade pip setuptools importlib-metadata
- - pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
- - python setup.py -q develop
-before_script:
- - "if [[ $DB = 'postgres' ]]; then psql -U postgres -c 'create database skosprovider_sqlalchemy'; fi"
-script: 
- - py.test --sqlalchemy_url $SAURL -v --cov skosprovider_sqlalchemy
-after_success: coveralls
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6dd8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+version = "1.2.0"
+name = "skosprovider_sqlalchemy"
+dynamic = ["readme"]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Flanders Heritage Agency", email = "ict@onroerenderfgoed.be" },
+]
+license = "MIT"
+description = "skosprovider_sqlalchemy"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
+keywords = ["rdf", "skos", "skosprovider", "vocabularies", "thesauri"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Framework :: Pyramid",
+    "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
+    "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI :: Application",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "SQLAlchemy==2.0.35",
+    "skosprovider==1.2.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+History = "https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/skosprovider_sqlalchemy/blob/master/HISTORY.rst"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/skosprovider_sqlalchemy/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/skosprovider_sqlalchemy"
+Documentation = "https://skosprovider_sqlalchemy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "uv==0.4.11",
+    "psycopg2-binary==2.9.9",
+    "sphinx==8.0.2",
+    "pytest==8.3.3",
+    "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
+    "coveralls==4.0.1",
+    "flake8==7.1.1",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+init_skos_db = "skosprovider_sqlalchemy.scripts.init_skos_db:main"
+calc_visitation = "skosprovider_sqlalchemy.scripts.calc_visitation:main"
+
+##
+# Build tool specific
+##
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+# In the wheel we want to have skosprovider_sqlalchemy in the root as python module.
+only-include = [
+    "/skosprovider_sqlalchemy",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+# This allows us to use github links as dependencies
+allow-direct-references = true
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme]
+content-type = "text/x-rst"
+fragments = [
+    { path = "README.rst" },
+    { path = "HISTORY.rst" },
+]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 922b798..e7c9fc3 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,102 @@
-# Runtime requirements
---requirement requirements.txt
-
-# Postgresql database access
-psycopg2==2.9.5
-
-# Documentation
-Sphinx==6.0.0
-
-# Testing
-pytest==7.2.0
-pytest-cov==4.0.0
-coveralls==3.3.1
-
-# Linting
-flake8==6.0.0
+alabaster==1.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+babel==2.16.0
+    # via sphinx
+cachetools==5.5.0
+    # via pyld
+certifi==2024.8.30
+    # via requests
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+    # via requests
+coverage==7.6.1
+    # via
+    #   coveralls
+    #   pytest-cov
+coveralls==4.0.1
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+docopt==0.6.2
+    # via coveralls
+docutils==0.21.2
+    # via sphinx
+flake8==7.1.1
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+frozendict==2.4.4
+    # via pyld
+greenlet==3.1.0
+    # via sqlalchemy
+html5lib==1.1
+    # via skosprovider
+idna==3.10
+    # via requests
+imagesize==1.4.1
+    # via sphinx
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+jinja2==3.1.4
+    # via sphinx
+language-tags==1.2.0
+    # via skosprovider
+lxml==5.3.0
+    # via pyld
+markupsafe==2.1.5
+    # via jinja2
+mccabe==0.7.0
+    # via flake8
+packaging==24.1
+    # via
+    #   pytest
+    #   sphinx
+pluggy==1.5.0
+    # via pytest
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+pycodestyle==2.12.1
+    # via flake8
+pyflakes==3.2.0
+    # via flake8
+pygments==2.18.0
+    # via sphinx
+pyld==2.0.4
+    # via skosprovider
+pytest==8.3.3
+    # via
+    #   skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+    #   pytest-cov
+pytest-cov==5.0.0
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+requests==2.32.3
+    # via
+    #   coveralls
+    #   sphinx
+rfc3987==1.3.8
+    # via skosprovider
+six==1.16.0
+    # via html5lib
+skosprovider==1.2.0
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+snowballstemmer==2.2.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinx==8.0.2
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sqlalchemy==2.0.35
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via sqlalchemy
+urllib3==2.2.3
+    # via requests
+uv==0.4.11
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+webencodings==0.5.1
+    # via html5lib
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e274081..37ff42d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,26 @@
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.47
+cachetools==5.5.0
+    # via pyld
+frozendict==2.4.4
+    # via pyld
+greenlet==3.1.0
+    # via sqlalchemy
+html5lib==1.1
+    # via skosprovider
+language-tags==1.2.0
+    # via skosprovider
+lxml==5.3.0
+    # via pyld
+pyld==2.0.4
+    # via skosprovider
+rfc3987==1.3.8
+    # via skosprovider
+six==1.16.0
+    # via html5lib
 skosprovider==1.2.0
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+sqlalchemy==2.0.35
+    # via skosprovider-sqlalchemy (pyproject.toml)
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via sqlalchemy
+webencodings==0.5.1
+    # via html5lib
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index f1e0771..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-packages = [
-    'skosprovider_sqlalchemy',
-]
-
-requires = [
-    'skosprovider>=1.2.0',
-    'sqlalchemy',
-]
-
-setup(
-    name='skosprovider_sqlalchemy',
-    version='2.1.1',
-    description='A sqlAlchemy implementation of skosprovider.',
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
-    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
-    author='Koen Van Daele',
-    author_email='koen_van_daele@telenet.be',
-    url='https://github.com/OnroerendErfgoed/skosprovider_sqlalchemy',
-    packages=packages,
-    package_data={'': ['LICENSE']},
-    package_dir={'skosprovider_sqlalchemy': 'skosprovider_sqlalchemy'},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=requires,
-    license='MIT',
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-    ],
-    entry_points="""\
-    [console_scripts]
-    init_skos_db = skosprovider_sqlalchemy.scripts.init_skos_db:main
-    calc_visitation = skosprovider_sqlalchemy.scripts.calc_visitation:main
-    """,
-)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 4735085..0000000
--- a/tox.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, cover
-
-[testenv]
-commands =
-	pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-	python setup.py develop
-	py.test tests
-
-[testenv:cover]
-basepython =
-	python3.8
-commands =
-	pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-	python setup.py develop
-	py.test --cov skosprovider_sqlalchemy --cov-report term-missing tests