diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6402e6c..18d2fdc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=60"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
\ No newline at end of file
+requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "npg_porch"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+authors = [{name="Marina Gourtovaia", email="mg8@sanger.ac.uk"}, {name="Kieron Taylor", email="kt19@sanger.ac.uk"}]
+description = "API server for tracking unique workflow executions"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {file = "LICENSE.md"}
+dependencies = [
+    "aiosqlite",
+    "asyncpg",
+    "fastapi",
+    "pydantic < 2.0.0",
+    "pysqlite3",
+    "psycopg2-binary",
+    "sqlalchemy >= 1.4.29 <2",
+    "ujson",
+    "uvicorn",
+    "uuid"
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tools.setuptools]
+packages = "find:"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-asyncio",
+    "requests",
+    "flake8"
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index addb276..88f955a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from setuptools import setup
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 
 version_path = convert_path('server/npg/version.py')
@@ -7,36 +7,5 @@
     exec(ver_file.read(), namespace)
 
 setup(
-    name='npg_porch',
     version=namespace['__version__'],
-    package_dir={
-        '': 'server',
-    },
-    packages=find_packages('server'),
-    license='GNU General Public License v3.0',
-    author='Wellcome Sanger Institute',
-    author_email='npg@sanger.ac.uk',
-    description='Work allocation and tracking for portable pipelines',
-    install_requires=[
-        'aiosqlite',
-        'asyncpg',
-        'fastapi',
-        'pydantic<2',
-        'pysqlite3',
-        'psycopg2-binary',
-        'sqlalchemy>=1.4.29,<2',
-        'starlette>=0.22.0',
-        'ujson',
-        'uvicorn',
-        'uuid'
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        'test': [
-            'pytest',
-            'pytest-asyncio',
-            'requests',
-            'flake8',
-            'httpx'
-        ]
-    }
 )