diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "svgutils"
+version = "0.3.4"
+authors = [{name = "Bartosz Telenczuk", email = "bartosz.telenczuk@gmail.com"}]
+description = "Python SVG editor"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors :: Vector-Based",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
+    "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
+dependencies = ["lxml"]
+
+[project.readme]
+text = """
+This is an utility package that helps to edit and
+concatenate SVG files. It is especially directed at scientists preparing
+final figures for submission to journal. So far it supports arbitrary
+placement and scaling of svg figures and
+adding markers, such as labels."""
+content-type = "text/plain"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://svgutils.readthedocs.io"
+"Source Code" = "https://github.com/btel/svg_utils/"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+packages = ["svgutils"]
+include-package-data = false
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# coding=utf-8
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-version_str = "0.3.4"
-
-setup(
-    name="svgutils",
-    version=version_str,
-    description="Python SVG editor",
-    long_description="""This is an utility package that helps to edit and
-      concatenate SVG files. It is especially directed at scientists preparing
-      final figures for submission to journal. So far it supports arbitrary
-      placement and scaling of svg figures and
-      adding markers, such as labels.""",
-    author="Bartosz Telenczuk",
-    author_email="bartosz.telenczuk@gmail.com",
-    url="https://svgutils.readthedocs.io",
-    packages=["svgutils"],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Environment :: Console",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors :: Vector-Based",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
-        "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup",
-    ],
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
-    install_requires=["lxml"],
-    download_url="https://github.com/btel/svg_utils/archive/v{}.tar.gz".format(
-        version_str
-    ),
-)