diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af872d37..3da5e8ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## 1.50.0 [unreleased]
 
+### Features
+
+1. [696](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/696): Move "setuptools" package to build dependency.
+
 ## 1.49.0 [2025-05-22]
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20c12656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=21.0.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cda0d087..76c2748c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     'reactivex >= 4.0.4',
     'certifi >= 14.05.14',
     'python_dateutil >= 2.5.3',
-    'setuptools >= 21.0.0',
     'urllib3 >= 1.26.0'
 ]