diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9a3b697e1..9d6bfa7fd 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # wholegraph build script
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ HELP="$0 [<target> ...] [<flag> ...]
  and <flag> is:
    -v                          - verbose build mode
    -g                          - build for debug
-   -n                          - no install step
+   -n                          - no install step (does not affect Python)
    --allgpuarch               - build for all supported GPU architectures
    --cmake-args=\\\"<args>\\\" - add arbitrary CMake arguments to any cmake call
    --compile-cmd               - only output compile commands (invoke CMake without build)
@@ -271,19 +271,12 @@ if buildAll || hasArg pylibwholegraph; then
     if ! hasArg --compile-cmd; then
         cd ${REPODIR}/python/pylibwholegraph
         env LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR=${LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR} \
-        ${PYTHON} setup.py build_ext --inplace \
-            --build-type=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-            ${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}
-        if ! hasArg -n; then
-            env LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR=${LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR} \
-            ${PYTHON} setup.py install \
-                --build-type=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-                ${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}
-        fi
+        SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE};${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS/ /;}" ${PYTHON} -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+
     else
-        # just invoke cmake without going through scikit-build
+        # just invoke cmake without going through scikit-build-core
         env LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR=${LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR} \
-        cmake -S ${REPODIR}/python/pylibwholegraph -B ${REPODIR}/python/pylibwholegraph/_skbuild/build \
+        cmake -S ${REPODIR}/python/pylibwholegraph -B ${REPODIR}/python/pylibwholegraph/build \
            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
             ${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}
     fi
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index dd7ce7737..1f7e5580a 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fi
 cd "${package_dir}"
 
 # Hardcode the output dir
-SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DDETECT_CONDA_ENV=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE -DCUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME=ON -DWHOLEGRAPH_BUILD_WHEELS=ON" \
+SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDETECT_CONDA_ENV=OFF;-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF;-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE;-DCUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME=ON;-DWHOLEGRAPH_BUILD_WHEELS=ON" \
   python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
 mkdir -p final_dist
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index c0fa7bbfe..45fc02021 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pytorch-cuda=11.8
 - pytorch=2.0.0
 - recommonmark
-- scikit-build
+- scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
 - sphinx-copybutton
 - sphinx-markdown-tables
 - sphinx<6
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 134d72146..dd33e60c1 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pytest-xdist
 - python>=3.9,<3.12
 - recommonmark
-- scikit-build
+- scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
 - sphinx-copybutton
 - sphinx-markdown-tables
 - sphinx<6
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/conda_build_config.yaml
index 6ae8a2422..d45aacc92 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ cuda11_compiler:
 cmake_version:
   - ">=3.26.4"
 
-scikit_build_version:
-  - ">=0.13.1"
+scikit_build_core_version:
+  - ">=0.7.0"
 
 sysroot_version:
   - "2.17"
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/meta.yaml
index c67f8e131..1caa9573f 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 {% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ requirements:
     - cython
     - libwholegraph ={{ version }}
     - python
-    - scikit-build {{ scikit_build_version }}
+    - scikit-build-core {{ scikit_build_core_version }}
   run:
     - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index c76671a87..d20ccf9bc 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependencies:
           - librmm==24.6.*
           - nanobind>=0.2.0
           - nccl
-          - scikit-build
+          - scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
     specific:
       - output_types: conda
         matrices:
@@ -322,6 +322,4 @@ dependencies:
           - cmake>=3.26.4
           - cython>=3.0.0
           - ninja
-          - setuptools
-          - scikit-build>=0.13.1
-          - wheel
+          - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt b/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fc6f134f..d22e3d51c 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ include(rapids-cpm)
 
 rapids_cuda_init_architectures(PYLIBWHOLEGRAPH)
 
-project(PYLIBWHOLEGRAPH VERSION ${WHOLEGRAPH_VERSION} LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
+project(PYLIBWHOLEGRAPH VERSION ${WHOLEGRAPH_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX CUDA)
 
 ##############################################################################
 # - User Options  ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ execute_process(
 )
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SKBUILD_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")
 
-include(rapids-cython)
+include(rapids-cython-core)
 rapids_cython_init()
 
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/pyproject.toml b/python/pylibwholegraph/pyproject.toml
index 910d4ccea..3f061998d 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 [build-system]
+build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4",
     "cython>=3.0.0",
     "ninja",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13.1",
-    "setuptools",
-    "wheel",
+    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project]
@@ -43,8 +42,16 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+[tool.scikit-build]
+build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
+cmake.build-type = "Release"
+cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
+ninja.make-fallback = true
+sdist.exclude = ["*tests*"]
+sdist.reproducible = true
+wheel.packages = ["pylibwholegraph"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {file = "pylibwholegraph/VERSION"}
+[tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
+provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"
+input = "pylibwholegraph/VERSION"
+regex = "(?P<value>.*)"
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/setup.py b/python/pylibwholegraph/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a1f3fa42..000000000
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, Command
-from skbuild import setup
-
-
-class CleanCommand(Command):
-    """Custom clean command to tidy up the project root."""
-
-    user_options = [
-        ("all", None, None),
-    ]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        self.all = None
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        setupFileDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        os.chdir(setupFileDir)
-        os.system("rm -rf build")
-        os.system("rm -rf _skbuild")
-        os.system("rm -rf dist")
-        os.system('find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} +')
-        os.system("rm -rf *.egg-info")
-        os.system('find . -name "*.cpython*.so" -type f -delete')
-
-
-cmdclass = dict()
-cmdclass["clean"] = CleanCommand
-
-
-setup(
-    packages=find_packages(
-        include=[
-            "pylibwholegraph",
-            "pylibwholegraph.*",
-        ]
-    ),
-    package_data={
-        "pylibwholegraph": ["VERSION", "torch_cpp_ext/*.cpp",
-                            "torch_cpp_ext/*.h"],
-    },
-    include_package_data=True,
-    cmdclass=cmdclass,
-    zip_safe=False,
-)