diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 19e67d75b..3b0674938 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.6.0  # Use the ref you want to point at
     hooks:
+    - id: check-toml
     - id: check-added-large-files
       args: ["--maxkb=5000"]
     - id: end-of-file-fixer
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..917d03682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+[project]
+name = "icepyx"
+description = "Python tools for obtaining and working with ICESat-2 data"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+readme = "README.rst"
+
+requires-python = "~=3.7"
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+
+authors = [
+  {name = "The icepyx Developers", email = "jbscheick@gmail.com"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "The icepyx Developers", email = "jbscheick@gmail.com"},
+]
+
+classifiers=[
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "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 :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://icepyx.readthedocs.io"
+Documentation = "https://icepyx.readthedocs.io"
+Repository = "https://github.com/icesat2py/icepyx"
+Issues = "https://github.com/icesat2py/icepyx/issues"
+Changelog = "https://icepyx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/changelog/index.html"
+
+
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["setuptools>=66", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = ["_icepyx_version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+viz = ["geoviews >= 1.9.0", "cartopy >= 0.18.0", "scipy"]
+complete = ["icepyx[viz]"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["*tests"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "_icepyx_version.py"
+version_file_template = 'version = "{version}"'
+local_scheme = "node-and-date"
+fallback_version = "unknown"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 003a5043f..000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import setuptools
-
-with open("README.rst", "r") as f:
-    LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
-
-with open("requirements.txt") as f:
-    INSTALL_REQUIRES = f.read().strip().split("\n")
-
-EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
-    "viz": ["geoviews >= 1.9.0", "cartopy >= 0.18.0", "scipy"],
-}
-EXTRAS_REQUIRE["complete"] = sorted(set(sum(EXTRAS_REQUIRE.values(), [])))
-# install with `pip install "icepyx[complete]"` There is no way to use this functionality with conda.
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    name="icepyx",
-    author="The icepyx Developers",
-    author_email="jbscheick@gmail.com",
-    maintainer="Jessica Scheick",
-    maintainer_email="jbscheick@gmail.com",
-    description="Python tools for obtaining and working with ICESat-2 data",
-    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    url="https://github.com/icesat2py/icepyx.git",
-    license="BSD 3-Clause",
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=["*tests"]),
-    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
-    extras_require=EXTRAS_REQUIRE,
-    python_requires=">=3",
-    # classifiers are a set of standard descriptions. Possible list: https://pypi.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "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 :: Scientific/Engineering",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
-    ],
-    py_modules=["_icepyx_version"],
-    use_scm_version={
-        "fallback_version": "unknown",
-        "local_scheme": "node-and-date",
-        "write_to": "_icepyx_version.py",
-        "write_to_template": 'version = "{version}"\n',
-    },
-    setup_requires=["setuptools>=30.3.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"],
-)