diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 080cc1b25..b84652933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ jobs:
       #     wait-interval: 60  # seconds
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install pypa/build
+        run: >-
+          python3 -m pip install build --user
 
       - name: Install bump2version and wheel
         run: python -m pip install bumpversion wheel # "bumpversion" installs bump2version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a697589f..ed76fcf86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pyjanitor"
+version = "0.26.0"
+description="Tools for cleaning pandas DataFrames"
+url="https://github.com/pyjanitor-devs/pyjanitor"
+license = {text = "MIT License"}
+requires-python = ">= 3.8"
+readme = 'README.md'
+dependencies = [
+    "pandas >= 2.0.0",
+    "pandas_flavor",
+    "multiple_dispatch",
+    "scipy"
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Programming Language :: Python"
+]
+authors = [
+  {name = "pyjanitor devs"},
+  {email = "ericmajinglong@gmail.com"},
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://pyjanitor-devs.github.io/pyjanitor"
+Documentation = "https://pyjanitor-devs.github.io/pyjanitor"
+Repository = "https://github.com/pyjanitor-devs/pyjanitor.git"
+Issues = "https://github.com/pyjanitor-devs/pyjanitor/issues"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/pyjanitor-devs/pyjanitor/blob/dev/CHANGELOG.md"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+biology = ["biopython"]
+engineering = ["unyt"]
+spark = ["pyspark"]
+chemistry = ["tqdm", "rdkit"]
+
 [tool.black]
 exclude = '''
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