diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pybars3"
+version = "0.9.7"
+description = 'Handlebars.js templating for Python 3 and 2'
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=2.7"
+keywords = []
+authors = [
+  { name = "wbond", email = "will@wbond.net" },
+  { name = "mjumbewu", email = "mjumbewu@gmail.com" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "PyMeta3>=0.5.1"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/wbond/pybars3"
+Issues = "https://github.com/wbond/pybars3/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/wbond/pybars3"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["pybars", "pybars._templates"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Will Bond, 2012 Canonical Ltd
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, version 3 only.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 (see the file LICENSE).
-
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-
-
-setup(name='pybars3',
-      version='0.9.7',
-      description='Handlebars.js templating for Python 3 and 2',
-      long_description='Documentation is maintained at https://github.com/wbond/pybars3#readme',
-      author='wbond, mjumbewu',
-      author_email='will@wbond.net, mjumbewu@gmail.com',
-      url='https://github.com/wbond/pybars3',
-      packages=['pybars', 'pybars._templates'],
-      package_dir={'': '.'},
-      classifiers=[
-          'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-          'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)',
-          'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4'
-          ],
-      install_requires=[
-          'PyMeta3>=0.5.1',
-          ],
-      )