diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a8edc0..6437af0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/icecream/__version__.py
 *~
 .#*
 \#*
diff --git a/icecream/__init__.py b/icecream/__init__.py
index 0a9393d..3bbc378 100644
--- a/icecream/__init__.py
+++ b/icecream/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 from os.path import dirname, join as pjoin
 
 from .icecream import *  # noqa
+from .__version__ import __version__
 from .builtins import install, uninstall
 
-# Import all variables in __version__.py without explicit imports.
-from . import __version__
-globals().update(dict((k, v) for k, v in __version__.__dict__.items()))
+meta = {"__version__": __version__}
diff --git a/icecream/__version__.py b/icecream/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 56cc313..0000000
--- a/icecream/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-#
-# IceCream - Never use print() to debug again
-#
-# Ansgar Grunseid
-# grunseid.com
-# grunseid@gmail.com
-#
-# License: MIT
-#
-
-__title__ = 'icecream'
-__license__ = 'MIT'
-__version__ = '2.1.2'
-__author__ = 'Ansgar Grunseid'
-__contact__ = 'grunseid@gmail.com'
-__url__ = 'https://github.com/gruns/icecream'
-__description__ = (
-    'Never use print() to debug again; inspect variables, expressions, and '
-    'program execution with a single, simple function call.')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f598a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "icecream"
+authors = [{name = "Ansgar Grunseid", email = "grunseid@gmail.com"}]
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+description = "Never use print() to debug again" # inspect variables, expressions, and program execution with a single, simple function call.
+readme = "README.md"
+classifiers = [
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+]
+urls = {Homepage = "https://github.com/gruns/icecream"}
+dependencies = [
+    "colorama>=0.3.9",
+    "pygments>=2.2.0",
+    "executing>=0.3.1",
+    "asttokens>=2.0.1",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+platforms = ["any"]
+license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages]
+find = {namespaces = false}
+
+[tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "icecream/__version__.py"
+write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e9053c..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
-
-[metadata]
-license_file = LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df3d31d..5252e77 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from os.path import dirname, join as pjoin
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Command
+from glob import glob
+from setuptools import Command, setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
-
-meta = {}
-with open(pjoin('icecream', '__version__.py')) as f:
-    exec(f.read(), meta)
-
+this_dir = dirname(__file__)
 
 class Publish(Command):
     """Publish to PyPI with twine."""
@@ -34,11 +31,10 @@ def finalize_options(self):
         pass
 
     def run(self):
-        os.system('python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel')
-
-        sdist = 'dist/icecream-%s.tar.gz' % meta['__version__']
-        wheel = 'dist/icecream-%s-py2.py3-none-any.whl' % meta['__version__']
-        rc = os.system('twine upload "%s" "%s"' % (sdist, wheel))
+        dist_dir = pjoin(this_dir, "dist")
+        os.system(sys.executable + " -m build -nwxs " + this_dir)
+        files = glob(pjoin(dist_dir, "*.whl")) + glob(pjoin(dist_dir, "*.tar.gz"))
+        rc = os.system(sys.executable + " -m twine upload " + " ".join(files))
 
         sys.exit(rc)
 
@@ -59,51 +55,13 @@ class RunTests(TestCommand):
     """
     def run_tests(self):
         from unittest import TestLoader, TextTestRunner
-        tests_dir = pjoin(dirname(__file__), 'tests')
+        tests_dir = pjoin(this_dir, 'tests')
         suite = TestLoader().discover(tests_dir)
         result = TextTestRunner().run(suite)
         sys.exit(0 if result.wasSuccessful() else -1)
 
 
 setup(
-    name=meta['__title__'],
-    license=meta['__license__'],
-    version=meta['__version__'],
-    author=meta['__author__'],
-    author_email=meta['__contact__'],
-    url=meta['__url__'],
-    description=meta['__description__'],
-    long_description=(
-        'Information and documentation can be found at '
-        'https://github.com/gruns/icecream.'),
-    platforms=['any'],
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    classifiers=[
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-    ],
-    tests_require=[],
-    install_requires=[
-        'colorama>=0.3.9',
-        'pygments>=2.2.0',
-        'executing>=0.3.1',
-        'asttokens>=2.0.1',
-    ],
     cmdclass={
         'test': RunTests,
         'publish': Publish,