diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1b06db6c..719684bcd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,62 @@
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 77.0",
+]
+
+[project]
+name = "dateparser"
+description = "Date parsing library designed to parse dates from HTML pages"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Scrapinghub", email = "opensource@zyte.com" },
+]
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+keywords = ["dateparser"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "python-dateutil>=2.7.0",
+    "pytz>=2024.2",
+    "regex>=2024.9.11",
+    "tzlocal>=0.2",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+calendars = ["convertdate>=2.2.1", "hijridate"]
+fasttext = ["fasttext>=0.9.1", "numpy>=1.22.0,<2"]
+langdetect = ["langdetect>=1.0.0"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Source = "https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser"
+History = "https://dateparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html"
+
+[project.scripts]
+dateparser-download = "dateparser_cli.cli:entrance"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+zip-safe = false
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+namespaces = false
+exclude = ["tests", "tests.*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "dateparser.__version__" }
+
 [tool.bumpversion]
 current_version = "1.3.0"
 commit = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6be5d3346..127e4b533 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import re
 
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-__version__ = re.search(
-    r"__version__.*\s*=\s*[\"]([^\"]+)[\"]", open("dateparser/__init__.py").read()
-).group(1)
+from setuptools import setup
 
 introduction = re.sub(
     r":members:.+|..\sautomodule::.+|:class:|:func:|:ref:",
@@ -16,47 +12,5 @@
 )
 
 setup(
-    name="dateparser",
-    version=__version__,
-    description="Date parsing library designed to parse dates from HTML pages",
     long_description=introduction + "\n\n" + history,
-    author="Scrapinghub",
-    author_email="opensource@zyte.com",
-    url="https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser",
-    project_urls={
-        "History": "https://dateparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html",
-    },
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests", "tests.*")),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=[
-        "python-dateutil>=2.7.0",
-        "pytz>=2024.2",
-        "regex>=2024.9.11",
-        "tzlocal>=0.2",
-    ],
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["dateparser-download = dateparser_cli.cli:entrance"],
-    },
-    extras_require={
-        "calendars": ["convertdate>=2.2.1", "hijridate"],
-        "fasttext": ["fasttext>=0.9.1", "numpy>=1.22.0,<2"],
-        "langdetect": ["langdetect>=1.0.0"],
-    },
-    license="BSD",
-    zip_safe=False,
-    keywords="dateparser",
-    python_requires=">=3.10",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-    ],
 )