diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a80fb283..9f0a5d8a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [ "setuptools", "lsst-versions >= 1.3.0", ]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "summit_utils"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "lsst_versions.get_lsst_version" }
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = [ "python" ]
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 line_length = 110
@@ -7,9 +21,6 @@ known_first_party = ["lsst", "tests"]
 line-length = 110
 target-version = ["py311"]
 
-[tool.lsst_versions]
-write_to = "python/lsst/summit/utils/version.py"
-
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 110
 target-version = "py311"