diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index fad63e2c..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-source = tinymce
-branch = True
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 12cf1941..b86ee529 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Get pip cache dir
         id: pip-cache
@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
-          key: release-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/tox.ini') }}
+          key: release-${{ hashFiles('**/pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/tox.ini') }}
           restore-keys: |
             release-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
-          python -m pip install -U setuptools twine wheel
+          python -m pip install -U setuptools build twine
 
       - name: Build package
         run: |
-          python setup.py --version
-          python setup.py sdist --format=gztar bdist_wheel
+          python -m build
           twine check dist/*
 
       - name: Upload packages to Jazzband
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 44fcb6fa..be4bec64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
         key:
-          ${{ matrix.python-version }}-v1-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/tox.ini') }}
+          ${{ matrix.python-version }}-v1-${{ hashFiles('**/pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/tox.ini') }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ matrix.python-version }}-v1-
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index cc6584e5..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-include *.txt *.py *.rst setup.cfg
-include docs/*.rst
-exclude *.pyc
-recursive-include tests *
-recursive-include tinymce *
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index e9d04508..f353f7b2 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ editor itself and 'django-tinymce' (lower case) to refer to the Django applicati
 
 Installation
 ------------
-#. Install django-tinymce using `pip`_ (or any other way to install python package) from `PyPI`_. If you need to use a different way to install django-tinymce you can place the ``tinymce`` module on your Python path. You can put it into your Django project directory or run ``python setup.py install`` from a shell. ::
+#. Install django-tinymce using `pip`_ (or any other way to install python package) from `PyPI`_. If you need to use a different way to install django-tinymce you can place the ``tinymce`` module on your Python path. ::
 
     pip install django-tinymce
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a7acb89..88e9ee23 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "django-tinymce"
+version = "3.6.1"
+description = """
+A Django application that contains a widget to render a
+form field as a TinyMCE editor."""
+readme = "README.rst"
+authors = [
+  {name = "Aljosa Mohorovic", email = "aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Rémy Hubscher", email = "hubscher.remy@gmail.com"},
+  {name = "Claude Paroz", email = "claude@2xlibre.net"},
+]
+license = {text = "MIT License"}
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = [
+  "django>=3.2",
+]
+keywords = ["django", "widget", "tinymce"]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Environment :: Web Environment",
+  "Framework :: Django",
+  "Framework :: Django :: 3.2",
+  "Framework :: Django :: 4.2",
+  "Framework :: Django :: 5.0",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "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 :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks",
+  "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-tinymce"
+Documentation = "https://django-tinymce.readthedocs.org/"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-tinymce/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 99
 skip-numeric-underscore-normalization = true
@@ -17,7 +67,7 @@ exclude = '''
 force_grid_wrap = 0
 include_trailing_comma = true
 known_first_party = 'lib,model,presenters'
-known_third_party = ["django", "setuptools"]
+known_third_party = ["django"]
 line_length = 99
 multi_line_output = 3
 skip_glob = ''
@@ -26,3 +76,7 @@ combine_as_imports = true
 
 # If set, imports will be sorted within their section independent to the import_type.
 force_sort_within_sections = true
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source = ["tinymce"]
+branch = true
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 81049c3a..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[zest.releaser]
-create-wheel = yes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 8423b0a6..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import codecs
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
-def read_file(filename):
-    """Open a related file and return its content."""
-    with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, filename), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        content = f.read()
-    return content
-
-
-README = read_file("README.rst")
-CHANGELOG = read_file("CHANGELOG.rst")
-
-
-setup(
-    name="django-tinymce",
-    version="3.6.1",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    author="Aljosa Mohorovic",
-    author_email="aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com",
-    description=(
-        "A Django application that contains a widget to render a "
-        "form field as a TinyMCE editor."
-    ),
-    long_description=README + "\n\n" + CHANGELOG,
-    license="MIT License",
-    keywords="django widget tinymce",
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Framework :: Django",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 3.2",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 4.2",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 5.0",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "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 :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    ],
-    platforms=["any"],
-    url="https://github.com/jazzband/django-tinymce",
-)