diff --git a/metadata.py b/metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d04698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This is loaded by setuptools to generate python package metadata
+
+import subprocess
+from time import time_ns
+import re
+
+def run(args) :
+    return subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
+
+# Get current git branch
+curr_branch = run(["git", "branch", "--show-current"])
+
+with open("VERSION", "r") as f:
+    VERSION =  re.sub("\s+", "", f.read())
+print(VERSION)
+
+if curr_branch != "master" :
+    # Setup version name following PEP 440
+    VERSION += ".dev"+run(["git", "-P", "show", "--format=format:%at", "--no-patch"])
+
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "lca_algebraic"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "This library provides a layer above brightway2 for defining parametric models and running super fast LCA for monte carlo analysis."
+requires-python = ">= 3.7"
+readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+keywords = ["LCA", "brightway2", "monte-carlo", "parametric"]
+authors = [
+    {name = "OIE - Mines ParisTech"},
+    {name = "Raphaël Jolivet", email = "raphael.jolivet@mines-paristech.fr"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Raphaël Jolivet", email = "raphael.jolivet@mines-paristech.fr"}
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "tabulate",
+    "ipywidgets",
+    "pandas",
+    "seaborn",
+    "sympy",
+    "matplotlib",
+    "deprecation",
+    "brightway2==2.3",
+    "SALib"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/oie-mines-paristech/lca_algebraic/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/oie-mines-paristech/lca_algebraic/"
+Issues = "https://github.com/oie-mines-paristech/lca_algebraic/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "metadata.VERSION"}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e84695..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys
-from setuptools import setup
-import subprocess
-from datetime import datetime
-import time
-
-# Utility function to read the README file.
-# Used for the long_description.  It's nice, because now 1) we have a top level
-# README file and 2) it's easier to type in the README file than to put a raw
-# string in below ...
-def read(fname):
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname))\
-        .read().strip()
-
-def run(args) :
-    return subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).\
-        stdout.decode('utf-8').splitlines()
-
-# Get current git branch
-branches = run(["git", "branch"])
-curr_branch = next(line for line in branches if "*" in line)
-curr_branch = curr_branch.replace(" ", "").replace("*", "")
-version = read("VERSION")
-name = "lca_algebraic"
-
-if curr_branch == "dev" :
-
-    name += "_dev"
-
-    #commit = run(["git", "log"])[0].split()[1][0:8]
-
-    start = datetime.strptime("2021-01-01", '%Y-%m-%d')
-    now = datetime.now()
-
-    min_diff = int((now-start).total_seconds() // 60)
-
-    version += "." + str(min_diff) + "-dev"
-
-setup(
-    name = name,
-    version = version,
-    author = "OIE - Mines ParisTech",
-    author_email = "raphael.jolivet@mines-paristech.fr",
-    description = ("This library provides a layer above brightway2 for defining parametric models and running super fast LCA for monte carlo analysis."),
-    license = "BSD",
-    keywords = "LCA brightway2 monte-carlo parametric",
-    url = "https://github.com/oie-mines-paristech/lca_algebraic/",
-    packages=['lca_algebraic'],
-    long_description=read('README.md'),
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    classifiers=[],
-    install_requires=[
-        'tabulate',
-        'ipywidgets',
-        'pandas',
-        'seaborn',
-        'sympy',
-        'matplotlib',
-        'deprecation',
-        'brightway2==2.3',
-        'SALib']
-)