diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index acde84c..f884145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.12]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install pytest coverage
-          python setup.py develop
+          python -m pip install -v .
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           coverage erase
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d157481..fe4033a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include MANIFEST.in *.py *.rst *.txt *.yml
+include MANIFEST.in *.py *.rst *.txt *.yml *.toml
 recursive-include docs *.*
 recursive-include examples *.py *.yml *.txt *.md
 recursive-exclude examples/tutorial/.automan *.*
diff --git a/automan/tests/test_cluster_manager.py b/automan/tests/test_cluster_manager.py
index a623b18..6b0ee01 100644
--- a/automan/tests/test_cluster_manager.py
+++ b/automan/tests/test_cluster_manager.py
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ def test_cli(self, mock_update, mock_add_worker):
                      sys.platform.startswith('win'),
                      'Test requires Python 3.x and a non-Windows system.')
     def test_remote_bootstrap_and_sync(self):
+        if not os.path.exists('setup.py'):
+            raise unittest.SkipTest(
+                'This test requires to be run from the automan source directory.'
+                )
+
         # Given
         cm = MyClusterManager(exclude_paths=['outputs/'], testing=True)
         cm.BOOTSTRAP = cm.BOOTSTRAP.replace('ROOT', self.cwd)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f915769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "wheel>=0.29.0",
+    "setuptools>=42.0.0"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55f7eb4..ab21f49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def get_version():
     return data.get('__version__')
 
 
-install_requires = ['psutil', 'execnet']
+install_requires = ['psutil', 'execnet', 'setuptools']
 tests_require = ['pytest']
 if sys.version_info.major < 3:
     tests_require.append('mock')