diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 638dd9c..471a1b2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "oriented_matroids"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Aram Dermenjian", email = "aram.dermenjian.math@gmail.com"},
+]
+description = 'Oriented matroids for sagemath'
+keywords="SageMath packaging"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+license='GPLv3+'  # This should be consistent with the LICENCE file
+# classifiers list: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+classifiers=[
+    'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+    'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)',
+]
+dependencies=['sage-package', 'sphinx']
+version=['VERSION']
+
+[project.readme]
+file = "README.md"
+content-type = "text/markdown"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/thecaligarmo/oriented_matroids"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/thecaligarmo/oriented_matroids/issues"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4c5523d..183e898 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,29 +20,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 
 setup(
-    name="oriented_matroids",
-    description='Oriented matroids for sagemath',
     version=readfile('VERSION').strip(),
-    long_description=readfile('README.md'),
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url='https://github.com/thecaligarmo/oriented_matroids',
-    author='Aram Dermenjian',
-    author_email='aram.dermenjian.math@gmail.com',
-    project_urls={
-        'Bug Tracker': 'https://github.com/thecaligarmo/oriented_matroids/issues',
-    },
-    license='GPLv3+',  # This should be consistent with the LICENCE file
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
-    # classifiers list: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)',
-    ],
-    keywords="SageMath packaging",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    cmdclass={'test': SageTest},  # adding a special setup command for tests
-    setup_requires=['sage-package'],
-    install_requires=['sage-package', 'sphinx'],
+    cmdclass={'test': SageTest}  # adding a special setup command for tests
 )