diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13d165e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[project]
+name = "{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}"
+version = "0.1"
+description = "{{ cookiecutter.description or "" }}"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+authors = [{name = "{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}"}]
+license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+classifiers = [
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License"
+]
+dependencies = [
+
+]
+{% if cookiecutter.github_username %}
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/releases"
+Issues = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/issues"
+CI = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/actions"
+{% endif %}
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest"]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d030bb..0000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-import os
-
-VERSION = "0.1"
-
-
-def get_long_description():
-    with open(
-        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "README.md"),
-        encoding="utf8",
-    ) as fp:
-        return fp.read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}",
-    description="{{ cookiecutter.description }}",
-    long_description=get_long_description(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",{% if cookiecutter.author_name %}
-    author="{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}",{% endif %}{% if cookiecutter.github_username %}
-    url="https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}",
-    project_urls={
-        "Issues": "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/issues",
-        "CI": "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/actions",
-        "Changelog": "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}/releases",
-    },{% endif %}
-    license="Apache License, Version 2.0",
-    version=VERSION,
-    packages=["{{ cookiecutter.underscored }}"],
-    install_requires=[],
-    extras_require={"test": ["pytest"]},
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-)