diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd7a6dd..91db04f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,18 +15,28 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
+dynamic = ["version", "optional-dependencies"]
+dependencies = [
+    "bioutils > 0.4",
+    "coloredlogs",
+    "ipython",
+    "pysam",
+    "requests",
+    "requests_html",
+    "six",
+    "tqdm",
+    "yoyo-migrations"
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/biocommons/biocommons.seqrepo"
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/biocommons/biocommons.seqrepo/issues"
 
-
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-	 "setuptools >= 65.3",
-   	 "setuptools_scm[toml] ~= 7.0"
-	 ]
+    "setuptools >= 69.0.2",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 8.0"
+]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5b78a58..d0fb3f5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[metadata]
+name = biocommons.seqrepo
+
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find_namespace:
@@ -5,17 +8,6 @@ package_dir =
     = src
 zip_safe = True
 
-install_requires =
-    bioutils>0.4
-    coloredlogs
-    ipython
-    pysam
-    requests
-    requests_html
-    six
-    tqdm
-    yoyo-migrations
-
 [options.extras_require]
 dev =
     bandit
@@ -29,7 +21,7 @@ dev =
     setuptools_scm
     vcrpy
     wheel
-docs = 
+docs =
     mkdocs
 
 [options.entry_points]