diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 876539c..c5e9821 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ __pycache__/
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 env/
+venv/
 build/
 develop-eggs/
 dist/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 040f37a..e93b277 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ Note that v1.18.* will be the last line of releases compatible with Python 2.
 
 Please report issues at https://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/BU.
 
+# Development
+To develop BrainzUtils itself, install it locally in editable mode with development
+dependencies by running: `pip install --group dev -e .`. 
+
+> [!NOTE]  
+> Support for dependency groups (`--group`) was added to pip in 25.1.0.
+
 ## Usage
 
 You can include this line into a `requirements.txt` file:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..961660b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[project]
+name = "brainzutils"
+description = "Python tools for MetaBrainz projects"
+authors = [
+    { name = "MetaBrainz Foundation", email = "support@metabrainz.org" }
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "Flask>=3.1.0",
+    "Jinja2>=3.1.6",
+    "itsdangerous>=2.2.0",
+    "click>=8.1.8",
+    "Werkzeug>=3.1.3",
+    "Flask-DebugToolbar",
+    "sentry-sdk[flask]>=2.27.0",
+    "redis>=5.2.1",
+    "msgpack>=1.1.0",
+    "requests>=2.32.3",
+    "SQLAlchemy>=2.0.40",
+    "mbdata@git+https://github.com/metabrainz/mbdata.git@v30.0.0"
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["brainzutils"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=80", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 18facd0..c7201a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ redis>=5.2.1
 msgpack>=1.1.0
 requests>=2.32.3
 SQLAlchemy>=2.0.40
-mbdata@git+https://github.com/acoustid/mbdata.git@v29.0.0
+mbdata@git+https://github.com/metabrainz/mbdata.git@v29.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c78fdae..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="brainzutils",
-    description="Python tools for MetaBrainz projects",
-    author="MetaBrainz Foundation",
-    author_email="support@metabrainz.org",
-    py_modules=["brainzutils"],
-    python_requires='>=3.10',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    use_scm_version=True,
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
-    install_requires=open("requirements.txt").read().splitlines(),
-)