diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ea7b5b6..1398dacf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ _pycache__/
 build
 dist
 *.egg-info
+*_version.py
 
 # documentation / sphinx
 docs/build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59b8f41d..a99655bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ help:
 	@echo "clean - remove artifacts"
 
 pypi:
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python -m build --sdist --wheel
 	twine upload dist/*
 
 pypi-test:
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python -m build --sdist --wheel
 	twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
 
 docs:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4f6197e9..a52d27af 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ To install VIP, then simply cd into your local VIP directory, and run the instal
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    cd VIP
-   pip install -e . -r requirements-dev.txt
+   pip install -e .[dev]
 
 If cloned from your fork, make sure to link your VIP directory to the upstream
 source, to be able to easily update your local copy when a new version comes
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 11be4169..57a4b2db 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../vip_hci/'))
 
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.abspath('../../vip_hci/'), '__init__.py')) as init:
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.abspath('../../vip_hci/'), '_version.py')) as init:
     for line in init:
         if "__version__ =" in line:
             version = line.split('"')[1]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e482db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "vip_hci/_version.py"
+
+[project]
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+name = "vip_hci"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+readme = {file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+authors = [{name = "Carlos Alberto Gomez Gonzalez", email = "carlosgg33@gmail.com"}]
+maintainers = [{name = "Valentin Christiaens", email = "valentinchrist@hotmail.com"}]
+description = "Package for astronomical high-contrast image processing"
+classifiers = [
+    'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+    'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
+    'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
+    'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
+    'Natural Language :: English',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy'
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ['vip_hci',
+            'vip_hci.config',
+            'vip_hci.fits',
+            'vip_hci.fm',
+            'vip_hci.invprob',
+            'vip_hci.greedy',
+            'vip_hci.metrics',
+            'vip_hci.objects',
+            'vip_hci.preproc',
+            'vip_hci.psfsub',
+            'vip_hci.stats',
+            'vip_hci.var']
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "sphinx",
+    "myst-nb",
+    "myst-parser",
+    "pandoc",
+    "nbsphinx",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme",
+    "jupyter_sphinx",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov ~=2.6.0",
+    "pytest-split",
+    "flake8",
+    "flake8-bandit",
+    "flake8-docstrings",
+    "autopep8",
+    "pre-commit",
+    "opencv-python",
+    "ratelimit"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://vip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/vortex-exoplanet/VIP"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fa71d57..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-import re
-from setuptools import setup
-try:
-    # pip >=20
-    from pip._internal.network.session import PipSession
-    from pip._internal.req import parse_requirements
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        # 10.0.0 <= pip <= 19.3.1
-        from pip._internal.download import PipSession
-        from pip._internal.req import parse_requirements
-    except ImportError:
-        # pip <= 9.0.3
-        from pip.download import PipSession
-        from pip.req import parse_requirements
-from setuptools.command.install import install
-from setuptools.command.develop import develop
-
-
-# Hackishly override of the install method
-class InstallReqs(install):
-    def run(self):
-        print(" ********************** ")
-        print(" *** Installing VIP *** ")
-        print(" ********************** ")
-        os.system('pip install -r requirements.txt')
-        install.run(self)
-
-
-class InstallDevReqs(develop):
-    def run(self):
-        print(" **************************** ")
-        print(" *** Installing VIP (dev) *** ")
-        print(" **************************** ")
-        os.system('pip install -r requirements-dev.txt')
-        develop.run(self)
-
-
-def resource(*args):
-    return os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, os.pardir)),
-                        *args)
-
-
-# parse_requirements() returns generator of pip.req.InstallRequirement objects
-reqs = parse_requirements(resource('requirements.txt'), session=PipSession)
-try:
-    requirements = [str(ir.requirement) for ir in reqs]
-except:
-    requirements = [str(ir.req) for ir in reqs]
-
-reqs_dev = parse_requirements(resource('requirements-dev.txt'), 
-                              session=PipSession)
-try:
-    requirements_dev = [str(ir.requirement) for ir in reqs_dev]
-except:
-    requirements_dev = [str(ir.req) for ir in reqs_dev]
-
-with open(resource('README.rst')) as readme_file:
-    README = readme_file.read()
-
-with open(resource('vip_hci', '__init__.py')) as version_file:
-    version_file = version_file.read()
-    VERSION = re.search(r"""^__version__ = ['"]([^'"]*)['"]""",
-                        version_file, re.M)
-    VERSION = VERSION.group(1)
-
-
-PACKAGES = ['vip_hci',
-            'vip_hci.config',
-            'vip_hci.fits',
-            'vip_hci.fm',
-            'vip_hci.invprob',
-            'vip_hci.metrics',
-            'vip_hci.objects',
-            'vip_hci.preproc',
-            'vip_hci.psfsub',
-            'vip_hci.stats',
-            'vip_hci.var']
-
-setup(
-    name='vip_hci',
-    version=VERSION,
-    description='Package for astronomical high-contrast image processing.',
-    long_description=README,
-    license='MIT',
-    author='Carlos Alberto Gomez Gonzalez, Valentin Christiaens',
-    author_email='valentin.christiaens@uliege.be',
-    url='https://github.com/vortex-exoplanet/VIP',
-    cmdclass={'install': InstallReqs,
-              'develop': InstallDevReqs},
-    packages=PACKAGES,
-    install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require={"dev": requirements_dev},
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=['Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-                 'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-                 'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
-                 'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
-                 'Natural Language :: English',
-                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-                 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy'
-                 ]
-)
diff --git a/vip_hci/__init__.py b/vip_hci/__init__.py
index db5be97f..567f816a 100644
--- a/vip_hci/__init__.py
+++ b/vip_hci/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.4"
-
 from . import preproc
 from . import config
 from . import fits
@@ -11,3 +9,12 @@
 from . import var
 from . import objects
 from .vip_ds9 import *
+
+try:
+    from ._version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+    try:
+        __version__ = version(__name__)
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        __version__ = "0.0.0"  # Default version
diff --git a/vip_hci/config/utils_conf.py b/vip_hci/config/utils_conf.py
index 2b24a9b7..77d1bd78 100644
--- a/vip_hci/config/utils_conf.py
+++ b/vip_hci/config/utils_conf.py
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 from functools import wraps
 import multiprocessing
 import warnings
-from vip_hci import __version__
 
 sep = "―" * 80
 vip_figsize = (8, 5)
 vip_figdpi = 100
 
+def _get_vip_version():
+    from vip_hci import __version__  # Delayed to avoid circular import
+    return __version__
+
 
 def print_precision(array, precision=3):
     """Prints an array with a given floating point precision. 3 by default."""
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ def save(self, filename):
                         data["_item_{}".format(a)] = True
 
                 np.savez_compressed(
-                    filename, _vip_version=__version__, _vip_object=vip_object, **data
+                    filename, _vip_version=_get_vip_version(), _vip_object=vip_object, **data
                 )
 
         else:
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ def load(cls, filename):
             )
 
         file_vip_version = data["_vip_version"].item()
-        if file_vip_version != __version__:
+        if file_vip_version != _get_vip_version():
             print(
                 "The file was saved with VIP {}. There may be some"
                 "compatibility issues. Use with care."