diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index eb64947..481ade5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install tox
+        pip install --upgrade setuptools setuptools_scm wheel build tox
     - name: Lint and test
       run: |
         tox
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        python -m build -nwsx .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 9e3a349..c337bab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+        pip install --upgrade setuptools setuptools_scm wheel build twine
     - name: Build and publish
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
         TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
       run: |
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        python -m build -nwsx .
         twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69dd27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "markdownify"
+version = "0.13.0"
+authors = [{name = "Matthew Tretter", email = "m@tthewwithanm.com"}]
+description = "Convert HTML to markdown."
+readme = "README.rst"
+classifiers = [
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Framework :: Django",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Topic :: Utilities",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "beautifulsoup4>=4.9,<5",
+    "six>=1.15,<2"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "http://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify"
+Download = "http://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify/tarball/master"
+
+[project.scripts]
+markdownify = "markdownify.main:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = false
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["markdownify", "markdownify.*"]
+namespaces = false
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a703d0..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#/usr/bin/env python
-import codecs
-import os
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-read = lambda filepath: codecs.open(filepath, 'r', 'utf-8').read()
-
-pkgmeta = {
-    '__title__': 'markdownify',
-    '__author__': 'Matthew Tretter',
-    '__version__': '0.13.0',
-}
-
-read = lambda filepath: codecs.open(filepath, 'r', 'utf-8').read()
-
-setup(
-    name='markdownify',
-    description='Convert HTML to markdown.',
-    long_description=read(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')),
-    version=pkgmeta['__version__'],
-    author=pkgmeta['__author__'],
-    author_email='m@tthewwithanm.com',
-    url='http://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify',
-    download_url='http://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify/tarball/master',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    zip_safe=False,
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=[
-        'beautifulsoup4>=4.9,<5',
-        'six>=1.15,<2',
-    ],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Environment :: Web Environment',
-        'Framework :: Django',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Topic :: Utilities'
-    ],
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'markdownify = markdownify.main:main'
-        ]
-    }
-)