diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a5021c6..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include README.rst
-include LICENSE
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c2aae9..59bf64a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "gistim"
+description = "Connects TimML and TTim Analytic Element modeling to QGIS"
+readme = "README.md"
+version = "0.4.1"
+maintainers = [{ name = "Huite Bootsma", email = "huite.bootsma@deltares.nl" }]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dependencies = [
+    'pandas',
+    'timml',
+    'ttim',
+    'xarray',
+]
+classifiers = [
+    'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+    'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)',
+    'Programming Language :: Python',
+    'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
+    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
+]
+keywords = ['groundwater modeling', 'analytic element']
+license = { text = "GPL-2.0" }
+
+[project.urls]
+Home = "https://github.com/deltares/QGIS-Tim"
+Code = "https://github.com/deltares/QGIS-Tim"
+Issues = "https://github.com/deltares/QGIS-Tim/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = [
+    "gistim",
+    "gistim.geomet",
+]
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 374e480..79ffdb1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,46 +1,3 @@
-[metadata]
-name = gistim
-version = 0.4.1
-author = Huite Bootsma
-author_email = huite.bootsma@deltares.nl
-description = GIS utilities for Tim(ML) Analytic Element modeling
-url = https://github.com/Deltares/QGIS-Tim
-project_urls =
-    Code=https://github.com/Deltares/QGIS-Tim
-    Issues=https://github.com/Deltares/QGIS-Tim/issues
-long_description = file: README.rst
-license = GPL-2.0
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
-    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
-    License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
-keywords = 
-    groundwater modeling
-    analytic element
-
-[options]
-packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.7
-install_requires =
-    black
-    geopandas
-    netCDF4
-    numba >=0.50
-    numpy
-    rioxarray
-    tqdm
-    timml
-    xarray >=0.15
-
 [flake8]
 ignore =
     # whitespace before ':' - doesn't work well with black