diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..173ac171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=60",
+    "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
+
+[project]
+name = "pylops"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Matteo Ravasi", email = "matteoravasi@gmail.com"},
+]
+description = "Python library implementing linear operators to allow solving large-scale optimization problems without requiring to explicitly create a dense (or sparse) matrix."
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+keywords = ["algebra", "inverse problems", "large-scale optimization"]
+license.file = "LICENSE.md"
+classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v2 or later (LGPLv2+)",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
+    ]
+dynamic = ["version", ]
+dependencies = [
+        "numpy >= 1.21.0",
+        "scipy >= 1.4.0",
+        "pylops >= 1.17.0",
+        "setuptools >= 61.2.0",
+    ]
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+advanced = ["llvmlite",
+            "numba",
+            "pyfftw",
+            "PyWavelets",
+            "scikit-fmm",
+            "spgl1",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["pylops"]
+namespaces = false
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "pylops/version.py"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 59bce051..8eabb62c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ matplotlib
 ipython
 pytest
 pytest-runner
-setuptools_scm<8.0.0
+setuptools_scm
 docutils<0.18
 Sphinx
 pydata-sphinx-theme
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 8b82afa2..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-def src(pth):
-    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), pth)
-
-
-# Project description
-descr = (
-    "Python library implementing linear operators to allow solving large-scale optimization "
-    "problems without requiring to explicitly create a dense (or sparse) matrix."
-)
-
-# Setup
-setup(
-    name="pylops",
-    description=descr,
-    long_description=open(src("README.md")).read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    keywords=["algebra", "inverse problems", "large-scale optimization"],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v2 or later (LGPLv2+)",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
-    ],
-    author="mrava",
-    author_email="matteoravasi@gmail.com",
-    install_requires=["numpy >= 1.21.0", "scipy >= 1.4.0"],
-    extras_require={
-        "advanced": [
-            "llvmlite",
-            "numba",
-            "pyfftw",
-            "PyWavelets",
-            "scikit-fmm",
-            "spgl1",
-        ]
-    },
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["pytests"]),
-    use_scm_version=dict(
-        root=".", relative_to=__file__, write_to=src("pylops/version.py")
-    ),
-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner", "setuptools_scm"],
-    test_suite="pytests",
-    tests_require=["pytest"],
-    zip_safe=True,
-)