diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e68762f7..ee362d865 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,3 +48,27 @@ indent_size = 2
 
 [tool.djlint.js]
 indent_size = 2
+
+[project]
+name = "cookiecutter-django"
+version = "2024.09.02"
+requires-python = "== 3.12"
+description = "A Cookiecutter template for creating production-ready Django projects quickly."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { text = "BSD" }
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Framework :: Django :: 5.0",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Topic :: Software Development",
+]
+keywords = ["cookiecutter", "Python", "projects", "project templates", " django", "skeleton", "scaffolding", "project directory", "setup.py"]
+urls = { Repository = "https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django" }
+authors = [{ name = "Daniel Roy Greenfeld", email = "pydanny@gmail.com" }]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d4762ae39..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-# We use calendar versioning
-version = "2024.09.05"
-
-with open("README.md") as readme_file:
-    long_description = readme_file.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="cookiecutter-django",
-    version=version,
-    description=("A Cookiecutter template for creating production-ready " "Django projects quickly."),
-    long_description=long_description,
-    author="Daniel Roy Greenfeld",
-    author_email="pydanny@gmail.com",
-    url="https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django",
-    packages=[],
-    license="BSD",
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Environment :: Console",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 5.0",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-        "Topic :: Software Development",
-    ],
-    keywords=(
-        "cookiecutter, Python, projects, project templates, django, "
-        "skeleton, scaffolding, project directory, setup.py"
-    ),
-)