diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 1325568..76d7a5d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-{% set data = load_setup_py_data() %}
+{% set version_match = load_file_regex(load_file="pyzebra/__init__.py", regex_pattern='__version__ = "(.+?)"') %}
+{% set version = version_match[1] %}
+{% set pyproject = load_file_data('pyproject.toml') %}
 
 package:
-  name: pyzebra
-  version: {{ data['version'] }}
+  name: {{ pyproject['project']['name'] }}
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
   path: ..
@@ -10,26 +12,25 @@ source:
 build:
   script: python -m pip install .
   noarch: python
-  number: 0
   entry_points:
     - pyzebra = pyzebra.app.cli:main
 
 requirements:
-  build:
+  host:
     - python >=3.8
-    - setuptools
+    - hatchling
   run:
     - python >=3.8
-    - numpy
-    - scipy
-    - h5py
-    - bokeh =2.4
-    - numba
-    - lmfit >=1.0.2
+    {% for dep in pyproject['project']['dependencies'] %}
+    - {{ dep }}
+    {% endfor %}
 
 
 about:
-  home: https://gitlab.psi.ch/zebra/pyzebra
-  summary: {{ data['description'] }}
-  license: GNU GPLv3
-  license_file: LICENSE
+  home: {{ pyproject['project']['urls']['Homepage'] }}
+  summary: {{ pyproject['project']['description'] }}
+  license: {{ pyproject['project']['license'] }}
+  license_file:
+    {% for lf in pyproject['project']['license-files'] %}
+    - {{ lf }}
+    {% endfor %}
diff --git a/make_release.py b/make_release.py
index c8ff0ba..a98aa88 100755
--- a/make_release.py
+++ b/make_release.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
     with open(version_filepath) as f:
         file_content = f.read()
 
-    version = re.search(r'__version__ = "(.*?)"', file_content).group(1)
+    version = re.search(r'__version__ = "(.+?)"', file_content).group(1)
     major, minor, patch = map(int, version.split(sep="."))
 
     if args.level == "patch":
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def main():
     new_version = f"{major}.{minor}.{patch}"
 
     with open(version_filepath, "w") as f:
-        f.write(re.sub(r'__version__ = "(.*?)"', f'__version__ = "{new_version}"', file_content))
+        f.write(re.sub(r'__version__ = "(.+?)"', f'__version__ = "{new_version}"', file_content))
 
     os.system(f"git commit {version_filepath} -m 'Updating for version {new_version}'")
     os.system(f"git tag -a {new_version} -m 'Release {new_version}'")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c221ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "pyzebra"
+dynamic = ["version"]  # version will be read from __init__.py
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy",
+    "scipy",
+    "h5py",
+    "bokeh ~=2.4",
+    "numba",
+    "lmfit >=1.0.2",
+]
+authors = [
+  {name = "Paul Scherrer Institute"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Ivan Usov", email = "ivan.usov@psi.ch"}
+]
+description = "An experimental data analysis library for zebra instrument."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://gitea.psi.ch/zebra/pyzebra"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+include = ["pyzebra"]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "pyzebra/__init__.py"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a8451..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import re
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-with open("pyzebra/__init__.py") as f:
-    version = re.search(r'__version__ = "(.*?)"', f.read()).group(1)
-
-setup(
-    name="pyzebra",
-    version=version,
-    description="An experimental data analysis library for zebra instrument.",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    license="GNU GPLv3",
-)