diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04efb49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+[project]
+name = "ckanext-harvest"
+version = "1.5.6"
+description = "Harvesting interface plugin for CKAN, plus harvester for other CKAN sites"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Adrià Mercader", email = "amercadero@gmail.com"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "CKAN Tech Team and contributors", email = "tech-team@ckan.org"},
+    {name = "Seitenbau Govdata"},
+]
+license = {text = "AGPL"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
+    "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"
+]
+keywords = [
+    "ckan",
+    "ckanext",
+    "harvesting",
+    "federation",
+]
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "http://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest"
+Repository = "https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest"
+Issues = "https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest/issues"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project.entry-points."ckan.plugins"]
+harvest = "ckanext.harvest.plugin:Harvest"
+ckan_harvester = "ckanext.harvest.harvesters:CKANHarvester"
+
+# Test plugins
+test_harvester = "ckanext.harvest.tests.test_queue:MockHarvester"
+test_harvester2 = "ckanext.harvest.tests.test_queue2:MockHarvester"
+test_action_harvester = "ckanext.harvest.tests.test_action:MockHarvesterForActionTests"
+
+
+[project.entry-points."babel.extractors"]
+ckan = "ckan.lib.extract:extract_ckan"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 03bef2d7..17ba8947 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-[nosetests]
-with-pylons = test.ini
+[options]
+packages = find:
+namespace_packages = ckanext
+install_requires =
+include_package_data = True
 
 [extract_messages]
 keywords = translate isPlural
@@ -25,6 +28,3 @@ statistics = true
 
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 127
-
-[tool:pytest]
-norecursedirs=ckanext/harvest/tests/nose
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a9fe2ad..56149656 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,47 +1,6 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-version = '1.5.6'
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
-    name='ckanext-harvest',
-    version=version,
-    description="Harvesting interface plugin for CKAN",
-    long_description="""\
-    """,
-    classifiers=[],
-    keywords='',
-    author='CKAN',
-    author_email='ckan@okfn.org',
-    url='https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest',
-    license='AGPL',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup', 'examples', 'tests']),
-    namespace_packages=['ckanext'],
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    install_requires=[
-            # dependencies are specified in requirements.txt
-            # instead of here
-    ],
-    tests_require=[
-        'nose',
-        'mock',
-    ],
-    test_suite='nose.collector',
-    entry_points="""
-        [ckan.plugins]
-            # Add plugins here, eg
-            harvest=ckanext.harvest.plugin:Harvest
-            ckan_harvester=ckanext.harvest.harvesters:CKANHarvester
-
-            # Test plugins
-
-            test_harvester=ckanext.harvest.tests.test_queue:MockHarvester
-            test_harvester2=ckanext.harvest.tests.test_queue2:MockHarvester
-            test_action_harvester=ckanext.harvest.tests.test_action:MockHarvesterForActionTests
-
-        [babel.extractors]
-            ckan = ckan.lib.extract:extract_ckan
-    """,
     message_extractors={
         'ckanext': [
             ('**.py', 'python', None),