diff --git a/pigz_python/__init__.py b/pigz_python/__init__.py
index 7c9882f..52bb98a 100644
--- a/pigz_python/__init__.py
+++ b/pigz_python/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-""" Metadata about the Pigz Python package """
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+"""Metadata about the Pigz Python package"""
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version("pigz-python")
 
 from pigz_python.pigz_python import PigzFile, compress_file  # noqa
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7856f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pigz-python"
+version = "2.0.0a0"
+description = "A pure Python implementation of the pigz utility."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "MIT"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Ben Guise", email = "bguise135@gmail.com"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Ben Guise", email = "bguise135@gmail.com"},
+]
+keywords = ["zip", "gzip", "compression"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+    "Topic :: Utilities",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/bguise987/pigz-python"
+Repository = "https://github.com/bguise987/pigz-python"
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b88034e..08aedd7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README.md
+description_file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 78b0d71..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-"""`pigz-python` lives on `GitHub <https://github.com/bguise987/pigz-python>`_."""
-from os import path
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-from pigz_python import __version__
-
-this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(this_directory, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="pigz-python",
-    version=__version__,
-    author="Ben Guise",
-    author_email="bguise135@gmail.com",
-    maintainer="Ben Guise",
-    maintainer_email="bguise135@gmail.com",
-    description="A pure Python implementation of the pigz utility.",
-    license="MIT",
-    keywords="zip gzip compression",
-    url="https://github.com/bguise987/pigz-python",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
-        "Topic :: Utilities",
-    ],
-)