diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7d6a967..fc64e42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: |
             pyproject.toml
-            setup.py
       - name: Install test dependency
         run: pip install tox
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7e62cc3..051d8e4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+v0.16.1
+~~~~~~~
+* Switch from ``setup.py`` to ``pyproject.toml``. Only affects how installation
+  from source is performed, and has no runtime impact.
+
 v0.16.0
 ~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f40731..a06c879 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,50 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "python-barcode"
+description = "Create standard barcodes with Python. No external modules needed. (optional Pillow support included)."
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+authors = [
+  { name = "Hugo Osvaldo Barrera et al", email = "hugo@whynothugo.nl" }
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Environment :: Console",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
+  "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+images = ["pillow"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+python-barcode = "barcode.pybarcode:main"
+
+[project.urls]
+documentation =  "https://python-barcode.readthedocs.io/"
+repository = "https://github.com/WhyNotHugo/python-barcode"
+issues = "https://github.com/WhyNotHugo/python-barcode/issues"
+funding= "https://whynothugo.nl/sponsor/"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["tests"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "barcode/version.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b01447..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from setuptools import find_packages
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup(
-    name="python-barcode",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
-    url="https://github.com/WhyNotHugo/python-barcode",
-    license="MIT",
-    author="Hugo Osvaldo Barrera et al",
-    author_email="hugo@whynothugo.nl",
-    description=(
-        "Create standard barcodes with Python. No external modules needed. "
-        "(optional Pillow support included)."
-    ),
-    long_description=Path("README.rst").read_text(),
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Console",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    ],
-    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["python-barcode = barcode.pybarcode:main"]},
-    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
-    extras_require={"images": ["pillow"]},
-    include_package_data=True,
-)