diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.md
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rename from README.markdown
rename to README.md
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "jsonate"
+version = "0.7.7"
+authors = [
+    {name = "James Robert"},
+    {email = "jiaaro@gmail.com"}
+]
+description = "Django library that can make ANYTHING into json"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+keywords = ["django", "json", "templatetags"]
+urls = {homepage = "http://jsonate.com"}
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = ["django>=4.1.3"]
+readme = "README.md"
+classifiers= [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Framework :: Django",
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
+    "Topic :: Utilities"
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["jsonate", "jsonate.templatetags"]
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup(
-    name='jsonate',
-    version='0.7.6',
-
-    author='James Robert',
-    author_email='jiaaro@gmail.com',
-
-    description=('Django library that can make ANYTHING into json'),
-    long_description=open('README.markdown').read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-
-    license='MIT',
-    keywords='django json templatetags',
-
-    url='http://jsonate.com',
-
-    install_requires=[
-        "django>=4.1.3",
-    ],
-
-    packages=[
-        'jsonate',
-        'jsonate.templatetags',
-    ],
-
-    include_package_data=True,
-
-    classifiers=[
-    	'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Framework :: Django',
-        'Environment :: Web Environment',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
-        'Topic :: Utilities'
-    ]
-)