diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 981f0055..2a367b51 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,47 +1,27 @@
 # pyproject.toml
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0", "wheel >= 0.36.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-maintainers = [
-  {name = "Gregor von Laszewski", email = "laszewski@gmail.com"}
-]
-dependencies = [
-    "python-dateutil",
-    "colorama",
-    "humanize",
-    "oyaml",
-    "pyfiglet",
-    "python-hostlist",
-    "requests",
-    "simplejson",
-    "six",
-    "tabulate",
-    "tqdm",
-    "pyyaml",
-    "psutil",
-    "pywin32; platform_system == 'Windows'",
-    "pyuac; platform_system == 'Windows'"
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 69",
+    "wheel >= 0.42",
+    "pip >= 23.2.1"
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
+[project]
 name = "cloudmesh-common"
 version = "5.0.6"
-python_requires = ">=3.12"
-
-[tool.setuptools.sdist]
-formats = ["gztar", "zip"]
-
-[tool.setuptools.metadata]
-name = "cloudmesh-common"
-version = "your_version"  # Replace with your actual version
 description = "A set of useful APIs for cloudmesh"
-author = "Gregor von Laszewski"
-author_email = "laszewski@gmail.com"
-url = "https://github.com/cloudmesh/cloudmesh-common"
-license = "Apache 2.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+authors = [
+  {name = "Gregor von Laszewski", email = "laszewski@gmail.com"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Gregor von Laszewski", email = "laszewski@gmail.com"}
+]
+keywords = ["helper library", "cloudmesh"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Environment :: Console",
@@ -70,8 +50,24 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dependency_links]
-# Specify your dependency links if needed
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+dependencies = [
+    "python-dateutil",
+    "colorama",
+    "humanize",
+    "oyaml",
+    "pyfiglet",
+    "python-hostlist",
+    "requests",
+    "simplejson",
+    "six",
+    "tabulate",
+    "tqdm",
+    "pyyaml",
+    "psutil",
+    "pywin32; platform_system == 'Windows'",
+    "pyuac; platform_system == 'Windows'"
+]
+[project.urls]
+"Documentation" = "https://github.com/cloudmesh/cloudmesh-common"
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["decrecated", "tests", "tests.*", "examples"]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a9acf13..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.cfg-old b/setup.cfg-old
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0da9ed3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg-old
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+# setup.cfg
+
+[metadata]
+name = cloudmesh-common
+version = attr: cloudmesh_common.VERSION
+author = Gregor von Laszewski
+author_email = laszewski@gmail.com
+description = A set of useful APIs for cloudmesh
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+url = https://github.com/cloudmesh/cloudmesh-common
+license = Apache 2.0
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    Environment :: Console
+    Environment :: Other Environment
+    Environment :: Plugins
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    Intended Audience :: Education
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Natural Language :: English
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 10
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+    Topic :: Internet
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+    Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces
+    Topic :: System
+    Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing
+    Topic :: System :: Shells
+    Topic :: Utilities
+
+[options]
+zip_safe = False
+include_package_data = True
+packages = find_namespace:
+package_dir =
+    cloudmesh = cloudmesh
+
+[options.find_namespace]
+exclude =
+    tests
+    deprecated
+    propose
+    examples
+    conda
+
+[options.install_requires]
+psutil
+python-dateutil
+colorama
+humanize
+oyaml
+pyfiglet
+python-hostlist
+requests
+simplejson
+six
+tabulate
+tqdm
+pyyaml
+
+[options.extras_require]
+:platform_system == "Windows"
+    pywin32
+    pyuac
+
+[options.tests_require]
+flake8
+coverage
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py-old
similarity index 100%
rename from setup.py
rename to setup.py-old