diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecc6baefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[project]
+name = "torchreid"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Kaiyang Zhou"},
+]
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+version="1.4.0"
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy==1.26.4",
+    "opencv-python==4.9.0.80",
+    "torch==2.3.1",
+    "scipy==1.14.0",
+    "pillow==10.4.0",
+    "torchvision==0.18.1",
+    "gdown==5.2.0",
+    "tensorboard==2.17.0",
+]
+readme = "README.rst"
+description = "A library for deep learning person re-ID in PyTorch"
+keywords = [
+    'Person Re-Identification',
+    'Deep Learning',
+    'Computer Vision'
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "cython==3.0.10",
+    "numpy==1.26.4",
+    "setuptools>=45",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "https://kaiyangzhou.github.io"
+"Bug Reports" = "https://github.com/KaiyangZhou/deep-person-reid/issues"
+"Source" = "https://github.com/KaiyangZhou/deep-person-reid"
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8ee83e8f..af5dc8461 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,57 +1,19 @@
 import numpy as np
-import os.path as osp
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from distutils.extension import Extension
+from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 
-def readme():
-    with open('README.rst') as f:
-        content = f.read()
-    return content
-
-
-def find_version():
-    version_file = 'torchreid/__init__.py'
-    with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
-        exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, 'exec'))
-    return locals()['__version__']
-
-
-def numpy_include():
-    try:
-        numpy_include = np.get_include()
-    except AttributeError:
-        numpy_include = np.get_numpy_include()
-    return numpy_include
-
-
 ext_modules = [
     Extension(
         'torchreid.metrics.rank_cylib.rank_cy',
         ['torchreid/metrics/rank_cylib/rank_cy.pyx'],
-        include_dirs=[numpy_include()],
+        include_dirs=[np.get_include()],
     )
 ]
 
 
-def get_requirements(filename='requirements.txt'):
-    here = osp.dirname(osp.realpath(__file__))
-    with open(osp.join(here, filename), 'r') as f:
-        requires = [line.replace('\n', '') for line in f.readlines()]
-    return requires
-
-
 setup(
-    name='torchreid',
-    version=find_version(),
-    description='A library for deep learning person re-ID in PyTorch',
-    author='Kaiyang Zhou',
-    license='MIT',
-    long_description=readme(),
-    url='https://github.com/KaiyangZhou/deep-person-reid',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=get_requirements(),
-    keywords=['Person Re-Identification', 'Deep Learning', 'Computer Vision'],
     ext_modules=cythonize(ext_modules)
 )
+
diff --git a/torchreid/__init__.py b/torchreid/__init__.py
index 35eeca675..d0990c821 100644
--- a/torchreid/__init__.py
+++ b/torchreid/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
 
 from torchreid import data, optim, utils, engine, losses, models, metrics
-
-__version__ = '1.4.0'
-__author__ = 'Kaiyang Zhou'
-__homepage__ = 'https://kaiyangzhou.github.io/'
-__description__ = 'Deep learning person re-identification in PyTorch'
-__url__ = 'https://github.com/KaiyangZhou/deep-person-reid'