diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e8533b..11b1202 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ uninstall:
 develop-install: develop-uninstall
 	$(PIP) install --no-deps -e ./
 
-# known issue: It will fail to uninstall scripts
-#  if they were installed in develop mode
 develop-uninstall:
 	$(PIP) uninstall -y $(PACKAGE)
 
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ help:  ## Show this help.
 	@grep '##' Makefile| sed -e '/@/d' | sed -r 's,(.*?:).*##(.*),\1\2,g'
 
 dist:  ## Build setuptools dist
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python -m build
 
 distupload: ## Upload package dist to PyPi
 	python -m twine upload --verbose dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f62a395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=60"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "imaids"
+authors = [{ name = "lnls-ima" },
+           { name = "lnls-ids" } 
+          ]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Gabriel Rezende da Ascenção", email = "gabriel.ascencao@lnls.br"},
+  {name = "Jefferson Barros Vieira", email = "jefferson.vieira@lnls.br"},
+  {name = "Sergio Augusto Lordano Luiz", email = "sergio.lordano@lnls.br"},
+]
+description = "Insertion Devices Package"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+]
+keywords = ["SIRIUS", "python", "Accelerator Physics", "Insertion Devices"]
+
+license = "MIT"
+license-files= [ "LICENSE", ]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/lnls-ids/insertion-devices"
+Download = "https://github.com/lnls-ids/insertion-devices"
+Repository = "https://github.com/lnls-ids/insertion-devices.git"
+Issues = "https://github.com/lnls-ids/insertion-devices/issues"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+tests = ["nose"]
+
+# --- Setuptools specific configurations ---
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["imaids"]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { file = "VERSION" }
+dependencies = { file = "requirements.txt" }
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+imaids = ["VERSION", "presets/*"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e0c37d..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-"""Setup module."""
-
-from setuptools import setup
-import pkg_resources
-
-
-def get_abs_path(relative):
-    """Get absolute path of file."""
-    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, relative)
-
-
-with open(get_abs_path("README.md"), "r") as _f:
-    _long_description = _f.read().strip()
-
-with open(get_abs_path("imaids/VERSION"), "r") as _f:
-    __version__ = _f.read().strip()
-
-with open(get_abs_path("requirements.txt"), "r") as _f:
-    _requirements = _f.read().strip().split("\n")
-
-
-setup(
-    name='imaids',
-    version=__version__,
-    author='lnls-ima',
-    description='Insertion devices package',
-    long_description=_long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/lnls-ima/insertion-devices",
-    download_url="https://github.com/lnls-ima/insertion-devices",
-    license='MIT License',
-    classifiers=[
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    ],
-    packages=['imaids'],
-    package_data={
-        'imaids': ['presets/*']
-    },
-    install_requires=_requirements,
-    test_suite='nose.collector',
-    tests_require=['nose'],
-    zip_safe=False)