diff --git a/.github/workflows/manifest.yml b/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
index afbb13d..9598e98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.13
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
+        python-version: '3.13'
     - name: Validating manifest
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..499b81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include scripts/parse_deps.pl
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+include requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 022e89a..4e8d096 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ifneq ($(REPO_CHANGED),0)
 	@${PYTHON} -m venv venv-${COMMIT_HASH} || { echo "Failed to create virutal environment"; exit 1; }
 	@{ . ./venv-${COMMIT_HASH}/bin/activate && \
 		python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-		python3 setup.py install >/dev/null 2>&1; } || { echo "Failed to install scale-build"; exit 1; }
+		python3 -m pip install . >/dev/null 2>&1; } || { echo "Failed to install scale-build"; exit 1; }
 endif
 
 all: checkout packages update iso
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b80d02..6040d78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Found an issue in the build for SCALE? Please report it on our [Jira bugtracker]
 
 ## Requirements
 
- - Debian 10 or later (VM or Bare-Metal)
+ - Supported version of Debian
+ - Python 3.11 or later
  - 20GB of RAM
  - At least 15GB of free disk space
 
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ In addition to the host, you will want to pre-install the following packages:
 
 ## Usage
 
+The build system automatically manages a Python virtual environment to ensure build consistency. It detects changes in the git repository hash and automatically recreates the virtual environment when needed, ensuring that the build tools are always in sync with the current codebase.
+
 After the pre-requistes are installed, simply run "make" (as root or sudo) to perform a complete build which performs the following steps:
 
 ``` make checkout ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2899897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "scale_build"
+description = "A build framework for TrueNAS SCALE"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "GPL-3.0"}
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+    "coloredlogs",
+    "toposort",
+    "requests",
+    "pyyaml",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+scale_build = "scale_build.main:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["scale_build*", "truenas_install*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index aa079ec..824de4b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length=120
+
+[options]
+scripts =
+    scripts/parse_deps.pl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0dd09..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-setup(
-    name='scale_build',
-    description='A build framework for TrueNAS SCALE',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    license='BSD',
-    platforms='any',
-    install_requires=[
-        'coloredlogs',
-        'toposort',
-        'requests',
-        'pyyaml'
-    ],
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'scale_build = scale_build.main:main',
-        ],
-    },
-    scripts=[
-        'scripts/parse_deps.pl',
-    ]
-)