diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a816384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d9af21..c4f5013 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,6 +46,4 @@
       extras_require={
           "dev": dev_requires,
       },
-      setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
-      use_scm_version=True,
       zip_safe=False)