diff --git a/.github/workflows/fireci.yml b/.github/workflows/fireci.yml
index 3748428b64d..78ba005388c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fireci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fireci.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           pytest ci/fireci
       - run: |
-          mypy --config-file ci/fireci/setup.cfg ci/fireci/
+          mypy --config-file ci/fireci/pyproject.toml ci/fireci/
diff --git a/ci/fireci/pyproject.toml b/ci/fireci/pyproject.toml
index 1ec2c8a9d98..a4faf8d1ac7 100644
--- a/ci/fireci/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ci/fireci/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools ~= 58.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools ~= 70.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "fireci"
+version = "0.1"
+dependencies = [
+  "protobuf==3.20.3",
+  "click==8.1.7",
+  "google-cloud-storage==2.18.2",
+  "mypy==1.6.0",
+  "numpy==1.24.4",
+  "pandas==1.5.3",
+  "PyGithub==1.58.2",
+  "pystache==0.6.0",
+  "requests==2.31.0",
+  "seaborn==0.12.2",
+  "PyYAML==6.0.1",
+  "termcolor==2.4.0",
+  "pytest"
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+fireci = "fireci.main:cli"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["fireci", "fireciplugins"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+strict_optional = false
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+  module = [
+	"google.cloud",
+	"matplotlib",
+	"matplotlib.pyplot",
+	"pandas",
+	"pystache",
+	"requests",
+	"seaborn",
+	"yaml"
+  ]
+  ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/ci/fireci/setup.cfg b/ci/fireci/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b49519871c..00000000000
--- a/ci/fireci/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = fireci
-version = 0.1
-
-[options]
-install_requires =
-    protobuf==3.20.3
-    click==8.1.7
-    google-cloud-storage==2.18.2
-    mypy==1.6.0
-    numpy==1.24.4
-    pandas==1.5.3
-    PyGithub==1.58.2
-    pystache==0.6.0
-    requests==2.31.0
-    seaborn==0.12.2
-    PyYAML==6.0.1
-    termcolor==2.4.0
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    pytest
-
-[options.entry_points]
-console_scripts =
-    fireci = fireci.main:cli
-
-[mypy]
-strict_optional = False
-[mypy-google.cloud]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-matplotlib]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-matplotlib.pyplot]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pandas]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pystache]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-requests]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-seaborn]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-yaml]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index be6e0a35a68..3647cf8082d 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 set -e
+set -x
 
 DIRECTORY=$(cd `dirname $0` && pwd)
-pip3 install -e $DIRECTORY/fireci >> /dev/null
+python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade wheel
+python3 -m pip install -e $DIRECTORY/fireci >> /dev/null
 fireci $@