diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 27b528e..83a56a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   BUILD_TYPE: Release
   HAMMING_WITH_AVX2: OFF
@@ -20,16 +24,22 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            open-mp: "ON"
+          - os: macos-latest
+            open-mp: "OFF"
+          - os: windows-latest
+            open-mp: "OFF"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: "recursive"
 
-      - name: enable openmp on linux
-        run: echo "HAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=ON" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: make build directory
         run: cmake -E make_directory ${{runner.workspace}}/build
@@ -37,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: configure cmake
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
-        run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DHAMMING_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_SSE2=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_AVX2=$HAMMING_WITH_AVX2 -DHAMMING_WITH_AVX512=$HAMMING_WITH_AVX512 -DHAMMING_BUILD_PYTHON=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=$HAMMING_WITH_OPENMP
+        run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DHAMMING_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_SSE2=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_AVX2=$HAMMING_WITH_AVX2 -DHAMMING_WITH_AVX512=$HAMMING_WITH_AVX512 -DHAMMING_BUILD_PYTHON=ON -DHAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=${{ matrix.open-mp }}
 
       - name: build
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 14958e7..bf3c34f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,14 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+concurrency:
+  group: wheels-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build-wheels:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    env:
-      CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest numpy"
-      CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest {project}/python/tests -v"
-      CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "pp* *-musllinux*"
-      CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: "BLAS=None LAPACK=None ATLAS=None"
-      CIBW_SKIP: "*-manylinux_i686"
-      CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -30,11 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: "recursive"
 
-      - name: enable openmp on linux
-        run: echo 'CIBW_ENVIRONMENT=HAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=ON' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-
-      - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.14
+      - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.15
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f6ae4b1..00e077a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,21 +12,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: black
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/dfm/black_nbconvert
-    rev: v0.4.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black_nbconvert
-
   - repo: https://github.com/cheshirekow/cmake-format-precommit
     rev: v0.6.13
     hooks:
       - id: cmake-format
-        additional_dependencies: [pyyaml==5.4.1]
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-    rev: 0.6.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: nbstripout
+        additional_dependencies: [pyyaml]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
     rev: v16.0.6
@@ -34,6 +24,12 @@ repos:
       - id: clang-format
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.0.0
+    rev: v3.0.1
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+    rev: 0.22.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-github-workflows
+      - id: check-readthedocs
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9d9f27..ca282d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11..3.26)
 
 project(
   hammingdist
-  VERSION 0.19.0
+  VERSION 0.20.0
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 include(CTest)
diff --git a/ext/Catch2 b/ext/Catch2
index 62fd660..182c910 160000
--- a/ext/Catch2
+++ b/ext/Catch2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 62fd660583d3ae7a7886930b413c3c570e89786c
+Subproject commit 182c910b4b63ff587a3440e08f84f70497e49a81
diff --git a/ext/benchmark b/ext/benchmark
index 0d98dba..015d1a0 160000
--- a/ext/benchmark
+++ b/ext/benchmark
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0d98dba29d66e93259db7daa53a9327df767a415
+Subproject commit 015d1a091af6937488242b70121858bce8fd40e9
diff --git a/ext/cpu_features b/ext/cpu_features
index 8a494eb..936b9ab 160000
--- a/ext/cpu_features
+++ b/ext/cpu_features
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8a494eb1e158ec2050e5f699a504fbc9b896a43b
+Subproject commit 936b9ab5515dead115606559502e3864958f7f6e
diff --git a/ext/pybind11 b/ext/pybind11
index 0bd8896..8a099e4 160000
--- a/ext/pybind11
+++ b/ext/pybind11
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0bd8896a4010f2d91b2340570c24fa08606ec406
+Subproject commit 8a099e44b3d5f85b20f05828d919d2332a8de841
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6eecfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
+build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "hammingdist"
+version = "0.20.0"
+description = "A fast tool to calculate Hamming distances"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+authors=[{name="Liam Keegan", email="ssc@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de"}, {name="Dominic Kempf", email="ssc@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de"}]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers=[
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Intended Audience :: Education",
+    "Programming Language :: C++",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "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",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Github = "https://github.com/ssciwr/hammingdist"
+Issues = "https://github.com/ssciwr/hammingdist/issues"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest", "numpy"]
+
+[tool.scikit-build.cmake.define]
+BUILD_TESTING = "OFF"
+HAMMING_BUILD_BENCHMARKS = "OFF"
+HAMMING_BUILD_PYTHON = "ON"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel]
+skip = "*-manylinux_i686"
+# skip tests for python 3.12 until numpy 1.26 is available
+test-skip = "pp* *-musllinux* cp312-*"
+test-extras = "test"
+test-command = "pytest {project}/python/tests -v"
+environment = { BLAS="None", LAPACK="None", ATLAS="None" }
+build-verbosity = 3
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
+environment = { CMAKE_ARGS="-DHAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=ON" }
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 478ba79..24725e5 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pybind11_add_module(hammingdist hammingdist.cc)
 target_link_libraries(hammingdist PUBLIC hamming)
+install(TARGETS hammingdist DESTINATION .)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8178a6c..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-import platform
-import subprocess
-
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-
-# Convert distutils Windows platform specifiers to CMake -A arguments
-PLAT_TO_CMAKE = {
-    "win32": "Win32",
-    "win-amd64": "x64",
-    "win-arm32": "ARM",
-    "win-arm64": "ARM64",
-}
-
-
-class CMakeExtension(Extension):
-    def __init__(self, name, sourcedir=""):
-        Extension.__init__(self, name, sources=[])
-        self.sourcedir = os.path.abspath(sourcedir)
-
-
-class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
-    def run(self):
-        try:
-            out = subprocess.check_output(["cmake", "--version"])
-        except OSError:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: "
-                + ", ".join(e.name for e in self.extensions)
-            )
-
-        if platform.system() == "Windows":
-            cmake_version = LooseVersion(
-                re.search(r"version\s*([\d.]+)", out.decode()).group(1)
-            )
-            if cmake_version < "3.1.0":
-                raise RuntimeError("CMake >= 3.1.0 is required on Windows")
-
-        for ext in self.extensions:
-            self.build_extension(ext)
-
-    def build_extension(self, ext):
-        extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
-        # required for auto-detection of auxiliary "native" libs
-        if not extdir.endswith(os.path.sep):
-            extdir += os.path.sep
-
-        cmake_args = [
-            "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=" + extdir,
-            "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=" + sys.executable,
-            "-DHAMMING_BUILD_PYTHON=ON",
-            "-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF",
-            "-DHAMMING_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF",
-            "-DHAMMING_WITH_OPENMP=" + os.environ.get("HAMMING_WITH_OPENMP", "OFF"),
-        ]
-
-        cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"
-        build_args = ["--config", cfg]
-
-        if platform.system() == "Windows":
-            cmake_args += [
-                "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_{}={}".format(cfg.upper(), extdir)
-            ]
-            cmake_args += ["-A", PLAT_TO_CMAKE[self.plat_name]]
-            build_args += ["--", "/m"]
-        else:
-            cmake_args += ["-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" + cfg]
-            build_args += ["--", "-j2"]
-
-        env = os.environ.copy()
-        env["CXXFLAGS"] = '{} -DVERSION_INFO=\\"{}\\"'.format(
-            env.get("CXXFLAGS", ""), self.distribution.get_version()
-        )
-        if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
-            os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            ["cmake", ext.sourcedir] + cmake_args, cwd=self.build_temp, env=env
-        )
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            ["cmake", "--build", ".", "--target", "hammingdist"] + build_args,
-            cwd=self.build_temp,
-        )
-
-
-from os import path
-
-with open(path.join(path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)), "README.md")) as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="hammingdist",
-    version="0.19.0",
-    author="Dominic Kempf, Liam Keegan",
-    author_email="ssc@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de",
-    description="A fast tool to calculate Hamming distances",
-    url="https://github.com/ssciwr/hammingdist",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    ext_modules=[CMakeExtension("hammingdist")],
-    cmdclass=dict(build_ext=CMakeBuild),
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=[
-        "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
-        "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-        "Programming Language :: C++",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "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 :: Implementation :: CPython",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    ],
-)