diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d4d81cf..4fd319ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install-test:
 	python -m pip install -e ".[all]"
 
 pypi:
-	python setup.py sdist
+	python -m build
 	twine upload dist/*
 
 clean:
diff --git a/keybert/__init__.py b/keybert/__init__.py
index 3ff2750c..01fa8378 100644
--- a/keybert/__init__.py
+++ b/keybert/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
 from keybert._llm import KeyLLM
 from keybert._model import KeyBERT
 
-__version__ = "0.8.4"
+__version__ = version("keybert")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba400ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "keybert"
+version = "0.8.4"
+description = "KeyBERT performs keyword extraction with state-of-the-art transformer models."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Maarten Grootendorst", email = "maartengrootendorst@gmail.com" },
+]
+keywords = [
+    "nlp",
+    "bert",
+    "keyword",
+    "extraction",
+    "embeddings",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX",
+    "Operating System :: Unix",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy>=1.18.5",
+    "rich>=10.4.0",
+    "scikit-learn>=0.22.2",
+    "sentence-transformers>=0.3.8",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "keybert[docs,test]",
+]
+docs = [
+    "mkdocs-material>=4.6.3",
+    "mkdocs>=1.1",
+    "mkdocstrings>=0.8.0",
+]
+flair = [
+    "flair>=0.7",
+    "torch>=1.4.0",
+    "transformers>=3.5.1",
+]
+gensim = [
+    "gensim>=3.6.0",
+]
+spacy = [
+    "spacy>=3.0.1",
+]
+test = [
+    "black>=19.3b0",
+    "flake8>=3.6.0",
+    "pre-commit>=2.2.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=2.6.1",
+    "pytest>=5.4.3",
+]
+use = [
+    "tensorflow",
+    "tensorflow_hub",
+    "tensorflow_text",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://maartengr.github.io/KeyBERT/"
+Homepage = "https://github.com/MaartenGr/KeyBERT"
+Issues = "https://github.com/MaartenGr/KeyBERT/issues"
+Repository = "https://github.com/MaartenGr/KeyBERT.git"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["keybert*"]
+exclude = ["tests"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a2572a84..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-test_packages = [
-    "pytest>=5.4.3",
-    "pytest-cov>=2.6.1",
-    "flake8>=3.6.0",
-    "pre-commit>=2.2.0",
-    "black>=19.3b0",
-]
-
-base_packages = [
-    "sentence-transformers>=0.3.8",
-    "scikit-learn>=0.22.2",
-    "numpy>=1.18.5",
-    "rich>=10.4.0",
-]
-
-docs_packages = [
-    "mkdocs>=1.1",
-    "mkdocs-material>=4.6.3",
-    "mkdocstrings>=0.8.0",
-]
-
-flair_packages = ["transformers>=3.5.1", "torch>=1.4.0", "flair>=0.7"]
-
-spacy_packages = ["spacy>=3.0.1"]
-
-use_packages = ["tensorflow", "tensorflow_hub", "tensorflow_text"]
-
-gensim_packages = ["gensim>=3.6.0"]
-
-dev_packages = docs_packages + test_packages
-
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="keybert",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["notebooks", "docs"]),
-    version="0.8.4",
-    author="Maarten Grootendorst",
-    author_email="maartengrootendorst@gmail.com",
-    description="KeyBERT performs keyword extraction with state-of-the-art transformer models.",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/MaartenGr/keyBERT",
-    keywords="nlp bert keyword extraction embeddings",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-        "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX",
-        "Operating System :: Unix",
-        "Operating System :: MacOS",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    ],
-    install_requires=base_packages,
-    extras_require={
-        "test": test_packages,
-        "docs": docs_packages,
-        "dev": dev_packages,
-        "flair": flair_packages,
-        "spacy": spacy_packages,
-        "use": use_packages,
-        "gensim": gensim_packages,
-    },
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
-)