diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 81f61fc3..fe4393cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# See https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_meta.html
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "bioversions"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 61846186..e554e1ee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ deps =
 skip_install = true
 deps =
     uv
-    setuptools
+    hatchling
 commands =
     uv build --sdist --wheel --no-build-isolation