diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nshmdb"
+authors = "QuakeCoRE"
+description = "A library for working with 2022 NSHM fault geometry"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dynamic = ["dependencies", "version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup()