diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1310132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=61.2",
+    "setuptools-scm",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "zbmath_rest2oai"
+description = "convert from custom api to oai-pmh api"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "black",
+    "flake8",
+    "isort",
+    "pytest",
+    "radon",
+    "flake8_polyfill",
+    "coverage",
+    "requests_mock",
+    "python-dateutil",
+    "pytest-coverage",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+include-package-data = true
+zip-safe = false
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
+namespaces = false
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9c558e3..e69de29 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 736c2a2..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = zbmath_rest2oai
-description = convert from custom api to oai-pmh api
-
-[options]
-setup_requires = setuptools-scm
-package_dir =
-    = src
-packages = find:
-include_package_data = true
-zip_safe = false
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    black
-    flake8
-    isort
-    pytest
-    radon
-    flake8_polyfill
-    coverage
-    requests_mock
-    python-dateutil
-    pytest-coverage
-
-[options.packages.find]
-where = src