diff --git a/.ci/build_wheels.sh b/.ci/build_wheels.sh
index 2d8849de..14bcc9f6 100755
--- a/.ci/build_wheels.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_wheels.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ case $PYTHON_VERSION in
 3.9)
   PYBIN="/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin"
   ;;
+3.10)
+  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp310-cp310/bin"
+  ;;
 esac
 
 # build, don't install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
index 01c9ba36..b17d868f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements_style.txt --disable-pip-version-check
           make
-
   doc_build:
     name: Build Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb
           pip install pyvista
           xvfb-run python -c "import pyvista; print(pyvista.Report())"
-
       - name: Install ansys-mapdl-reader
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements_build.txt --disable-pip-version-check
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install dist/ansys*.whl --disable-pip-version-check
           cd tests/
           xvfb-run python -c "from ansys.mapdl import reader as pymapdl_reader; print(pymapdl_reader.Report())"
-
       - name: Build Documentation
         run: |
           sudo apt install pandoc -qy
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install zip
           cd doc/build/html/
           zip ../../../${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-HTML.zip ./*
-
       - name: Upload
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9']
+        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:
@@ -135,9 +131,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheel on Windows
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements_build.txt
-          python setup.py bdist_wheel
-          python setup.py sdist
+          pip install build
+          python -m build
 
       - name: Validate wheel
         run: |
@@ -181,17 +176,16 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb
           xvfb-run python -c "import pyvista; print(pyvista.Report())"
 
+      - name: Install test requirements
+        run: pip install -r requirements_test.txt
+
       - name: Test with XVFB
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
-        run: |
-          pip install -r requirements_test.txt
-          xvfb-run pytest -v tests/ --durations=0
+        run: xvfb-run pytest -v tests/ --durations=0
 
       - name: Test without XVFB
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
-        run: |
-          pip install -r requirements_test.txt
-          pytest -v tests/ --durations=0
+        run: pytest -v tests/ --durations=0
 
       - name: Upload wheel
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a19e417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=41.0.0",
+    "wheel>=0.33.0",
+    "numpy<=1.22.1",
+    "cython==0.29.24",
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c4e7494d..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-numpy>=1.14.0
-pyvista>=0.27.2
-appdirs>=1.4.0
-tqdm>=4.45.0
-matplotlib>=3.0.0
diff --git a/requirements_build.txt b/requirements_build.txt
index c79e6c8f..97b2b3a3 100644
--- a/requirements_build.txt
+++ b/requirements_build.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 setuptools>=41.0.0
 wheel>=0.33.0
-numpy<1.20.0
+numpy<1.20.0;python_version<"3.10"
+numpy==1.22.1;python_version>="3.10"
 cython==0.29.24
 matplotlib
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index f04789e1..08b95fcc 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ pytest
 matplotlib
 pytest
 pytest-cov
-vtk<9.1.0
+vtk<9.1.0;python_version<"3.10"
 pyvista>=0.24.0
 ansys-mapdl-core==0.60.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7cade675..50501038 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 """Installation file for ansys-mapdl-reader"""
+from io import open as io_open
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as _build_ext
+import os
 import platform
 import re
-import subprocess
 import struct
-import os
+import subprocess
 import sys
-from io import open as io_open
-
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as _build_ext
-
-try:
-    import numpy as np
-except ImportError:
-    raise Exception('Please install numpy first with "pip install numpy"')
 
+import numpy as np
 
 # Facilities to install properly on Mac using clang
 def is_clang(bin):
@@ -24,33 +19,8 @@ def is_clang(bin):
     return not re.search(r'clang', output) is None
 
 
-def check_cython():
-    """Check if binaries exist and if not check if Cython is installed"""
-    has_binary_reader = False
-    for filename in os.listdir('ansys/mapdl/reader'):
-        if '_binary_reader' in filename:
-            has_binary_reader = True
-
-    if not has_binary_reader:
-        # ensure cython is installed before trying to build
-        try:
-            import cython
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError('\n\n\nTo build pyansys please install Cython with:\n\n'
-                              'pip install cython\n\n') from None
-
-
-check_cython()
-
-
 class build_ext(_build_ext):
     """ build class that includes numpy directory """
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        _build_ext.finalize_options(self)
-        # Prevent numpy from thinking it is still in its setup process:
-        __builtins__.__NUMPY_SETUP__ = False
-        import numpy
-        self.include_dirs.append(numpy.get_include())
 
     def build_extensions(self):
         if os.name != 'nt':
@@ -77,7 +47,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
         _build_ext.build_extensions(self)
 
 
-def compilerName():
+def compiler_name():
     """ Check compiler and assign compile arguments accordingly """
     import re
     import distutils.ccompiler
@@ -104,7 +74,7 @@ def compilerName():
 
 
 # Assign arguments based on compiler
-compiler = compilerName()
+compiler = compiler_name()
 if compiler == 'unix':
     cmp_arg = ['-O3', '-w']
 else:
@@ -119,16 +89,19 @@ def compilerName():
     # execute file from raw string
     exec(fd.read())
 
-install_requires = ['numpy>=1.16.0',
-                    'pyvista>=0.32.0',
-                    'appdirs>=1.4.0',
-                    'matplotlib>=3.0.0',
-                    'tqdm>=4.45.0']
+install_requires = [
+    'numpy>=1.16.0',
+    'pyvista>=0.32.0',
+    'appdirs>=1.4.0',
+    'matplotlib>=3.0.0',
+    'tqdm>=4.45.0'
+]
 
 # perform python version checking
 # this is necessary to avoid the new pip package checking as vtk does
 # not support Python 32-bit as of 17 June 2021.
-if not struct.calcsize("P")*8 == 64:
+is64 = struct.calcsize("P") * 8 == 64
+if not is64:
     try:
         import vtk
     except ImportError:
@@ -136,7 +109,19 @@ def compilerName():
                            'Please check the version of Python installed at\n'
                            '%s' % sys.executable)
 
-# Actual setup
+
+if sys.version_info.minor == 10 and is64:
+    # use pip to check if vtk is available or installed
+    sys_name = platform.system()
+    if sys_name == 'Linux':
+        install_requires.append(
+            'vtk @ https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista-wheels/raw/main/vtk-9.1.0.dev0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl',
+        )
+    elif sys_name == 'Windows':
+        install_requires.append(
+            'vtk @ https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista-wheels/raw/main/vtk-9.1.0.dev0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl',
+        )
+
 setup(
     name='ansys-mapdl-reader',
     packages=['ansys.mapdl.reader', 'ansys.mapdl.reader.examples'],
@@ -157,11 +142,13 @@ def compilerName():
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     ],
     url='https://github.com/pyansys/pymapdl-reader',
 
     # Build cython modules
     cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},
+    include_dirs=[np.get_include()],
     ext_modules=[
                  Extension('ansys.mapdl.reader._archive',
                            ['ansys/mapdl/reader/cython/_archive.pyx',
diff --git a/tests/test_cyclic.py b/tests/test_cyclic.py
index 0146aecb..270e5db1 100644
--- a/tests/test_cyclic.py
+++ b/tests/test_cyclic.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import platform
 import os
+import platform
+import sys
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@
     result_z = None
 
 IS_MAC = platform.system() == 'Darwin'
-skip_plotting = pytest.mark.skipif(not system_supports_plotting() or IS_MAC,
-                                   reason="Requires active X Server")
+skip_plotting = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not system_supports_plotting() or IS_MAC or sys.version_info >= (3, 10),
+    reason="Plotting disabled for these tests"
+)
 
 
 # static result x axis