diff --git a/zulip/pyproject.toml b/zulip/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fb77218e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zulip/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "zulip"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Bindings for the Zulip message API"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Zulip Open Source Project", email = "zulip-devel@googlegroups.com"}
+]
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Topic :: Communications :: Chat",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "requests[security]>=0.12.1",
+    "distro",
+    "click",
+    "typing_extensions>=4.5.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://www.zulip.org/"
+Source = "https://github.com/zulip/python-zulip-api/"
+Documentation = "https://zulip.com/api"
+
+[project.scripts]
+zulip-send = "zulip.send:main"
+zulip-api-examples = "zulip.api_examples:main"
+zulip-matrix-bridge = "integrations.bridge_with_matrix.matrix_bridge:main"
+zulip-api = "zulip.cli:cli"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "zulip/__init__.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["zulip"]
+exclude = ["tests"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.shared-data]
+"integrations" = "share/zulip/integrations"
diff --git a/zulip/setup.cfg b/zulip/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 4daaac82ab..0000000000
--- a/zulip/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# This way our scripts are installed in the data directory
-[aliases]
-install = install_data install
diff --git a/zulip/setup.py b/zulip/setup.py
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index 137fc29eef..0000000000
--- a/zulip/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import itertools
-import os
-from typing import Any, Generator, List, Tuple
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-with open("README.md") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-
-def version() -> str:
-    version_py = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "zulip", "__init__.py")
-    with open(version_py) as in_handle:
-        version_line = next(
-            itertools.dropwhile(lambda x: not x.startswith("__version__"), in_handle)
-        )
-    version = version_line.split("=")[-1].strip().replace('"', "")
-    return version
-
-
-def recur_expand(target_root: Any, dir: Any) -> Generator[Tuple[str, List[str]], None, None]:
-    for root, _, files in os.walk(dir):
-        paths = [os.path.join(root, f) for f in files]
-        if len(paths):
-            yield os.path.join(target_root, root), paths
-
-
-setup(
-    name="zulip",
-    version=version(),
-    description="Bindings for the Zulip message API",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="Zulip Open Source Project",
-    author_email="zulip-devel@googlegroups.com",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-        "Topic :: Communications :: Chat",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    ],
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
-    url="https://www.zulip.org/",
-    project_urls={
-        "Source": "https://github.com/zulip/python-zulip-api/",
-        "Documentation": "https://zulip.com/api",
-    },
-    data_files=list(recur_expand("share/zulip", "integrations")),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": [
-            "zulip-send=zulip.send:main",
-            "zulip-api-examples=zulip.api_examples:main",
-            "zulip-matrix-bridge=integrations.bridge_with_matrix.matrix_bridge:main",
-            "zulip-api=zulip.cli:cli",
-        ],
-    },
-    install_requires=[
-        "requests[security]>=0.12.1",
-        "distro",
-        "click",
-        "typing_extensions>=4.5.0",
-    ],
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
-)