diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
index 3aec5ff8..a24652fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install setuptools wheel twine setuptools-scm[toml]
+          pip install build twine
 
       - name: Build distribution
-        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        run: python -m build
 
       - name: Publish to PyPI Test
         env:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6f698c30..375d8b0a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pre-commit install         # Install git pre-commit hooks
 Run unit tests with coverage:
 
 ```shell
-py.test --cov=arango --cov-report=html  # Open htmlcov/index.html in your browser
+pytest --cov=arango --cov-report=html  # Open htmlcov/index.html in your browser
 ```
 
 To start and ArangoDB instance locally, run:
diff --git a/arango/http.py b/arango/http.py
index b05182d4..c5eb0acd 100644
--- a/arango/http.py
+++ b/arango/http.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
         pool_connections: int = DEFAULT_POOLSIZE,
         pool_maxsize: int = DEFAULT_POOLSIZE,
         pool_timeout: Union[int, float, None] = None,
-        **kwargs: Any
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         self._connection_timeout = connection_timeout
         self._pool_timeout = pool_timeout
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 944923f5..7c0d1244 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,81 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = [
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+normalize = true
+
+[project]
+name = "python-arango"
+description = "Python Driver for ArangoDB"
+authors = [ {name= "Joohwan Oh", email = "joohwan.oh@outlook.com" }]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Joohwan Oh", email = "joohwan.oh@outlook.com"},
+    {name = "Alexandru Petenchea", email = "alexandru.petenchea@arangodb.com"},
+    {name = "Anthony Mahanna", email = "anthony.mahanna@arangodb.com"}
+]
+keywords = ["arangodb", "python", "driver"]
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx",
+    "Typing :: Typed",
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "urllib3>=1.26.0",
+    "requests",
+    "requests_toolbelt",
+    "PyJWT",
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
-    "wheel",
+    "importlib_metadata>=4.7.1",
+    "packaging>=23.1",
 ]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "black>=22.3.0",
+    "flake8>=4.0.1",
+    "isort>=5.10.1",
+    "mypy>=0.942",
+    "mock",
+    "pre-commit>=2.17.0",
+    "pytest>=7.1.1",
+    "pytest-cov>=3.0.0",
+    "sphinx",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme",
+    "types-pkg_resources",
+    "types-requests",
+    "types-setuptools",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"arango" = ["py.typed"]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["arango"]
+
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "-s -vv -p no:warnings"
+minversion = "6.0"
+testpaths = ["tests"]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 omit = [
@@ -16,16 +87,8 @@ omit = [
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-s -vv -p no:warnings"
-minversion = "6.0"
-testpaths = ["tests"]
-
 [tool.mypy]
 warn_return_any = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 strict = true
-
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "arango/version.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c765ae4..60684932 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,56 +1,3 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
-with open("./README.md") as fp:
-    long_description = fp.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="python-arango",
-    description="Python Driver for ArangoDB",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="Joohwan Oh",
-    author_email="joohwan.oh@outlook.com",
-    url="https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango",
-    keywords=["arangodb", "python", "driver"],
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
-    package_data={"arango": ["py.typed"]},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
-    license="MIT",
-    install_requires=[
-        "urllib3>=1.26.0",
-        "requests",
-        "requests_toolbelt",
-        "PyJWT",
-        "setuptools>=42",
-        "importlib_metadata>=4.7.1",
-        "packaging>=23.1",
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "black>=22.3.0",
-            "flake8>=4.0.1",
-            "isort>=5.10.1",
-            "mypy>=0.942",
-            "mock",
-            "pre-commit>=2.17.0",
-            "pytest>=7.1.1",
-            "pytest-cov>=3.0.0",
-            "sphinx",
-            "sphinx_rtd_theme",
-            "types-pkg_resources",
-            "types-requests",
-            "types-setuptools",
-        ],
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Operating System :: MacOS",
-        "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-        "Operating System :: Unix",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx",
-    ],
-)
+setup()