diff --git a/.hatch_build.py b/.hatch_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19a1f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hatch_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/how-to/config/dynamic-metadata/
+import os
+import typing as t
+
+from hatchling.metadata.plugin.interface import MetadataHookInterface
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+
+class MetaDataHook(MetadataHookInterface):
+    def update(self, metadata: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
+        about = load_about()
+        metadata["version"] = about["__version__"]
+
+
+def load_about() -> dict[str, str]:
+    about: dict[str, str] = {}
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(HERE, "tutordash", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
+        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
+    return about
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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index c72be67..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-recursive-include tutordash/server/static *
-recursive-include tutordash/server/templates *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bbdbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/
+# https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/config/build/
+
+[project]
+name = "tutor-dash"
+license = { text = "AGPL-3.0-only" }
+authors = [
+  {name = "Edly"},
+  {email = "hello@edly.io"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Muhammad Labeeb"},
+  {email = "muhammad.labeeb@arbisoft.com"},
+]
+description = "Awesome administration dashboard and plugin marketplace for Tutor"
+readme = {file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
+requires-python = ">= 3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "tutor>=19.0.0,<20.0.0",
+  "quart",
+  "aiofiles",
+  "markdown",
+  "click",
+  "click_repl",
+]
+# these fields will be set by hatch_build.py
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+  "tutor[dev]>=19.0.0,<20.0.0", 
+  "types-aiofiles",
+  "types-Markdown",
+  "pylint", 
+  "black",
+]
+
+[project.entry-points."tutor.plugin.v1"]
+dash = "tutordash.plugin"
+
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/well-known-project-urls/#well-known-labels
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash"
+Code = "https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash"
+Issues = "https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash/issues"
+
+# hatch-specific configuration
+[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.custom]
+path = ".hatch_build.py"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+# Disable strict naming, otherwise twine is not able to detect name/version
+strict-naming = false
+include = [ "/tutordash"]
+exclude = ["tests*"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["tutordash"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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index e9a038b..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import io
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
-def load_readme() -> str:
-    with io.open(os.path.join(HERE, "README.rst"), "rt", encoding="utf8") as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
-def load_about() -> dict[str, str]:
-    about: dict[str, str] = {}
-    with io.open(
-        os.path.join(HERE, "tutordash", "__about__.py"),
-        "rt",
-        encoding="utf-8",
-    ) as f:
-        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
-    return about
-
-
-ABOUT = load_about()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="tutor-dash",
-    version=ABOUT["__version__"],
-    url="https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash",
-    project_urls={
-        "Code": "https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash",
-        "Issue tracker": "https://github.com/overhangio/tutor-dash/issues",
-    },
-    license="AGPLv3",
-    author="Edly",
-    author_email="regis.behmo@edly.io",
-    description="Awesome administration dashboard and plugin marketplace for Tutor",
-    long_description=load_readme(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
-    install_requires=[
-        "tutor>=19.0.0,<20.0.0",
-        "quart",
-        "aiofiles",
-        "markdown",
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "tutor[dev]>=19.0.0,<20.0.0",
-            "quart",
-            "aiofiles",
-            "types-aiofiles",
-            "click",
-            "click_repl",
-        ]
-    },
-    entry_points={"tutor.plugin.v1": ["dash = tutordash.plugin"]},
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    ],
-)