diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ef7c4cb..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include README.rst LICENSE
-include test_*.py
diff --git a/progress/__init__.py b/progress/__init__.py
index b434b30..08a1ee8 100644
--- a/progress/__init__.py
+++ b/progress/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from time import time as monotonic
 
 
-__version__ = '1.6'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'
 
 HIDE_CURSOR = '\x1b[?25l'
 SHOW_CURSOR = '\x1b[?25h'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac8595d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "progress"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Easy to use progress bars"
+readme = "README.rst"
+authors = [{ name = "Georgios Verigakis", email = "verigak@gmail.com" }]
+maintainers = [{ name = "Georgios Verigakis", email = "verigak@gmail.com" }]
+license = "ISC"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
+
+keywords = ["progress", "bar"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "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",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/verigak/progress/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/verigak/progress.git"
+Issues = "https://github.com/verigak/progress/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["progress"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "progress.__version__"}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index bd3a15e..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-import progress
-
-
-setup(
-    name='progress',
-    version=progress.__version__,
-    description='Easy to use progress bars',
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
-    author='Georgios Verigakis',
-    author_email='verigak@gmail.com',
-    url='http://github.com/verigak/progress/',
-    license='ISC',
-    packages=['progress'],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Environment :: Console',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: ISC License (ISCL)',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-    ]
-)