diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a910db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["setuptools","pip","requests"]
+
+[project]
+name = "plip"
+license = "GPL-2.0-only"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "PLIP - Fully automated protein-ligand interaction profiler"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
+
+authors = [
+    {name = "PharmAI GmbH", email = "hello@pharm.ai"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "PharmAI GmbH", email = "hello@pharm.ai"}
+]
+
+keywords = ["bioinformatics", "protein-ligand", "interactions", "molecular-modeling"]
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics"
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy>=1.13.3",
+    "lxml>=4.2.1",
+    "openbabel>=3.1.1",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/pharmai/plip"
+Repository = "https://github.com/pharmai/plip"
+
+[project.scripts]
+plip = "plip.plipcmd:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["plip*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "plip.basic.config.__version__"}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4d07c..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-lxml~=4.2.1
-numpy~=1.13.3
-pymol~=2.3.0
-openbabel~=3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb2404b..5d80ca3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 from distutils.command.build import build
 
-from plip.basic import config
-
 def install_pkg_via_pip(package):
     import sys
     import subprocess
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ def run(self):
         return
 
 setup(name='plip',
-    version=config.__version__,
+    version='2.4.0',
     description='PLIP - Fully automated protein-ligand interaction profiler',
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',