diff --git a/template/pyproject.toml b/template/pyproject.toml
index c69e502..dbb8fe1 100644
--- a/template/pyproject.toml
+++ b/template/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
 [project]
 name = "{{ package_name }}"
 version = "{{ version }}"
@@ -148,3 +144,7 @@ known-first-party = ["{{ project_slug }}"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tests/example-project/pyproject.toml b/tests/example-project/pyproject.toml
index d50b0ee..82d7216 100644
--- a/tests/example-project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/example-project/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
 [project]
 name = "example-project"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -146,3 +142,7 @@ known-first-party = ["example_project"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"