diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d03efa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 3.1, 2023-12-20
+
+  Switch to pyproject.toml for building the package
+
+
+Version 3.0, 2020-12-20
+
+  Initial changelog
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6206135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm[toml]"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "privacyideaadm"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = 'privacyIDEA admin Client'
+authors = [
+    {name = "Cornelius Kölbel", email = "cornelius@privacyidea.org"},
+]
+readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+keywords = ["2fa", "mfa", "privacyIDEA", "Yubikey", "Nitrokey"]
+license = {text = "AGPL-3.0-only"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3"
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "cffi",
+    "click",
+    "cryptography",
+    "python-yubico",
+    "qrcode",
+    "requests",
+    "six"
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+doc = ["sphinx"]
+dev = ["pytest"]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://www.privacyidea.org"
+repository = "https://github.com/privacyidea/privacyideaadm.git"
+changelog = "https://github.com/privacyidea/privacyideaadm/Changelog"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index caab6e6..32da4e8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-certifi==2020.6.20
-cffi==1.14.0
-chardet==3.0.4
-click==7.1.2
-cryptography==2.9.2
-idna==2.10
-pycparser==2.20
+certifi==2022.12.7
+cffi==1.15.1
+charset-normalizer==3.1.0
+click==8.1.3
+cryptography==40.0.2
+idna==3.4
+pycparser==2.21
+pypng==0.20220715.0
 python-yubico==1.3.3
-pyusb==1.0.2
-qrcode==6.1
-requests==2.24.0
-six==1.15.0
-sphinx==6.1.3
-urllib3==1.25.9
+pyusb==1.2.1
+qrcode==7.4.2
+requests==2.28.2
+six==1.16.0
+typing_extensions==4.5.0
+urllib3==1.26.15
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 40010ab..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[egg_info]
-#tag_build = dev
-tag_svn_revision = false
-
-[bdist_rpm]
-release = 1
-group = Productivity/Networking/Security
-vendor = privacyidea.org
-packager = cornelius@privacyidea.org
-Provides = privacyideaadm
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10571b4..a078797 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,75 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import print_function
 from setuptools import setup
-from setuptools.command.install import install
-import os
-import sys
 
-version = "3.0"
-name = 'privacyideaadm'
-release = '3.0'
-
-# Taken from kennethreitz/requests/setup.py
-package_directory = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
-class InstallWithDoc(install):
-    def run(self):
-        self.run_command('build_sphinx')
-        install.run(self)
-
-
-cmdclass = {'install': InstallWithDoc}
-
-
-def get_file_contents(file_path):
-    """Get the context of the file using full path name."""
-    content = ""
-    try:
-        full_path = os.path.join(package_directory, file_path)
-        content = open(full_path, 'r').read()
-    except:
-        print("### could not open file {0!r}".format(file_path), file=sys.stderr)
-    return content
-
-
-setup(name=name,
-      version=version,
-      description='privacyIDEA admin Client',
-      author='Cornelius Kölbel',
-      author_email='cornelius@privacyidea.org',
-      url='http://www.privacyidea.org',
-      packages=['privacyideautils',
-                'privacyideautils.commands'],
-      setup_requires=['sphinx <= 1.8.5;python_version<"3.0"',
-                      'sphinx >= 2.0;python_version>="3.0"'],
-      install_requires=[
-          "cffi",
-          "click",
-          "cryptography",
-          "python-yubico",
-          "qrcode",
-          "requests",
-          "six"
-      ],
-      cmdclass=cmdclass,
-      command_options={
-        'build_sphinx': {
-            'project': ('setup.py', name),
-            'version': ('setup.py', version),
-            'source_dir': ('setup.py', 'doc'),
-            'build_dir': ('setup.py', os.path.join('doc', '_build')),
-            'builder': ('setup.py', 'man')
-        }
-      },
-      scripts=['scripts/privacyidea',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-luks-assign',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-authorizedkeys',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-check-offline-otp',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-get-offline-otp',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-validate',
-               'scripts/privacyidea-enroll-yubikey-piv'],
-      data_files=[('share/man/man1', ["doc/_build/man/privacyidea.1"])],
-      license='AGPLv3',
-      long_description=get_file_contents('DESCRIPTION')
-      )
+setup(
+    packages=['privacyideautils',
+              'privacyideautils.commands'],
+    scripts=[
+        'scripts/privacyidea',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-luks-assign',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-authorizedkeys',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-check-offline-otp',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-get-offline-otp',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-validate',
+        'scripts/privacyidea-enroll-yubikey-piv'
+    ]
+)