diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 18e0683..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include CHANGELOG.rst
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11d20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling >= 1.26", "wheel >= 0.45.0"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "sensirion-i2c-driver"
+description = "Base Driver for Communicating With I2C Devices"
+
+readme = "README.md"
+version =  "1.0.2"
+requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+
+authors = [
+    { name = "Sensirion", email = "info@sensirion.com" },
+]
+
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+
+keywords = ["sensirion", "i2c", "driver"]
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Topic :: System :: Hardware :: Hardware Drivers",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+]
+
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+
+docs=[
+
+    "sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2",
+    "sphinx==8.2.3"
+]
+
+test= [
+    "flake8>=7.1.0",
+    "mock~=5.2.0",
+    "pytest>=8.3.5",
+    "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
+    "setuptools>=73.2.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Changelog = "https://github.com/Sensirion/python-i2c-driver/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
+Repository = "https://github.com/sensirion/python-i2c-driver"
+Documentation = "https://sensirion.github.io/python-i2c-driver"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+# see https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/pyproject_config.html
+packages = ["sensirion_i2c_driver"]  # name of python package
diff --git a/sensirion_i2c_driver/version.py b/sensirion_i2c_driver/version.py
index 4e20833..57bcbde 100644
--- a/sensirion_i2c_driver/version.py
+++ b/sensirion_i2c_driver/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 # (c) Copyright 2019 Sensirion AG, Switzerland
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-version = "1.0.1"
+
+import importlib.metadata as metadata
+from typing import Final
+
+version: Final[str] = metadata.version("sensirion_i2c_driver")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 489bd01..33cdf7b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,59 +2,6 @@
 # (c) Copyright 2019 Sensirion AG, Switzerland
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import os
-import re
+from distutils.core import setup
 
-
-# Read version number from version.py
-version_line = open("sensirion_i2c_driver/version.py", "rt").read()
-result = re.search(r"^version = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_line, re.M)
-if result:
-    version_string = result.group(1)
-else:
-    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string")
-
-
-# Use README.rst and CHANGELOG.rst as package description
-root_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-readme = open(os.path.join(root_path, 'README.rst')).read()
-changelog = open(os.path.join(root_path, 'CHANGELOG.rst')).read()
-long_description = readme.strip() + "\n\n" + changelog.strip() + "\n"
-
-
-setup(
-    name='sensirion-i2c-driver',
-    version=version_string,
-    author='Sensirion',
-    author_email='info@sensirion.com',
-    description='Base Driver for Communicating With I2C Devices',
-    license='BSD',
-    keywords='sensirion i2c driver',
-    url='https://github.com/sensirion/python-i2c-driver',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
-    long_description=long_description,
-    python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4',
-    install_requires=[
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        'test': [
-            'flake8~=3.7.8',
-            'mock~=3.0.0',
-            'pytest~=6.2.5',
-            'pytest-cov~=3.0.0',
-        ]
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Topic :: System :: Hardware :: Hardware Drivers'
-    ]
-)
+setup()