diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "pycrires"
+version = "Data reduction pipeline for VLT/CRIRES+"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Tomas Stolker", email = "stolker@strw.leidenuniv.nl"},
+    {name = "Rico Landman", email = "rlandman@strw.leidenuniv.nl"},
+]
+description = "Data reduction pipeline for VLT/CRIRES+"
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = {text = "MIT License"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://pycrires.readthedocs.io"
+Repository = "https://github.com/tomasstolker/pycrires"
+Issues = "https://github.com/tomasstolker/pycrires/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = []
+py-modules = []
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+example = ["keywords.txt", "calib_data/*.txt", "calib_data/*.dat"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import pkg_resources
-import setuptools
-
-with open('requirements.txt') as req_txt:
-    parse_req = pkg_resources.parse_requirements(req_txt)
-    install_requires = [str(req) for req in parse_req]
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    name='pycrires',
-    version='0.3.1',
-    description='Data reduction pipeline for VLT/CRIRES+',
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
-    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
-    author='Tomas Stolker',
-    author_email='stolker@strw.leidenuniv.nl',
-    url='https://github.com/tomasstolker/pycrires',
-    project_urls={'Documentation': 'https://pycrires.readthedocs.io'},
-    packages=['pycrires'],
-    package_data={'pycrires': ['*.txt',
-                               'calib_data/*.dat',
-                               'calib_data/*.txt']},
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    tests_require=['pytest'],
-    license='MIT',
-    zip_safe=False,
-    keywords='pycrires',
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-    ],
-)