diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38443c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64",]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "oda_api"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "API plugin for CDCI online data analysis"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Andrea Tramacere", email = "contact@odahub.io"},
+    {name = "Volodymyr Savchenko", email = "contact@odahub.io"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Gabriele Barni", email = "contact@odahub.io"},
+  {name = "Denys Savchenko", email = "contact@odahub.io"}
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=2.7"
+
+dependencies = [
+    "requests",
+    "future",
+    "astropy>=3.2",
+    "json_tricks",
+    "matplotlib",
+    "numpy",
+    "jsonschema",
+    "pyjwt",
+    "astroquery",
+    "scipy",
+    "rdflib",
+    "black"
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
+    "astroquery>=0.4.4",
+    "sentry_sdk"
+]
+extra-test = [
+    "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
+    "astroquery>=0.4.4"
+]
+gw = [
+    "gwpy",
+    "ligo.skymap"
+]
+ontology = [
+    "rdflib"
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+oda-api = "oda_api.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b764852a..609b3de5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-
-from builtins import (bytes, str, open, super, range,
-                      zip, round, input, int, pow, object, map, zip)
-
-__author__ = 'andrea tramacere'
-
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-import glob
+from setuptools import setup
 import json
 
 with open('oda_api/pkg_info.json') as fp:
@@ -17,56 +6,7 @@
 
 __version__ = _info['version']
 
-
-include_package_data=True
-
-setup(name='oda_api',
-      version=__version__,
-      description='API plugin  for CDCI online data analysis',
-      author='Andrea Tramacere, Volodymyr Savchenko',
-      author_email='contact@odahub.io',
-      packages=['oda_api'],
-      package_data={'oda_api': ['config_dir/*']},
-      include_package_data=True,
-      install_requires=[
-            "requests",
-            "future",
-            "astropy>=3.2",
-            "json_tricks",
-            "matplotlib",
-            "numpy",
-            "jsonschema",
-            "pyjwt",
-            "astroquery",
-            "scipy",
-            "rdflib",
-            "black"
-        ],
-      extras_require={
-          'test': [
-                "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
-                "astroquery>=0.4.4",
-                "sentry_sdk"
-            ],      
-          'extra-test': [
-                "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
-                "astroquery>=0.4.4",
-            ],      
-          'gw': [
-            "gwpy",
-            "ligo.skymap"
-          ],
-          'ontology': [
-            "rdflib"
-          ]
-         },
-      entry_points={
-          "console_scripts": [
-            "oda-api = oda_api.cli:main"
-          ]
-        },
-      python_requires='>=2.7',
-      )
-
-
-
+setup(
+    version=__version__,
+    setup_requires=['setuptools'],
+)