diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-siriuspy.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-siriuspy.yml
index 19ccac017..bce86285f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-siriuspy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-siriuspy.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install setuptools wheel twine
+          pip install setuptools wheel twine build
 
       - name: Build and publish
         env:
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git describe --tags | sed -e 's/^v//g' > VERSION
           cd siriuspy
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          python -m build
           twine upload dist/*
           cd ..
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-siriuspy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-siriuspy.yml
index 5aa0cf06b..3453d7078 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-siriuspy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-siriuspy.yml
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ on: [push]
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.9, 3.11]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/siriuspy/Makefile b/siriuspy/Makefile
index 308839d4d..35fbceacf 100644
--- a/siriuspy/Makefile
+++ b/siriuspy/Makefile
@@ -7,19 +7,15 @@ ifeq ($(CONDA_PREFIX),)
 endif
 
 install: uninstall
-	$(PREFIX) $(PIP) install --no-use-pep517 --no-deps ./
-#	$(PREFIX) $(PIP) install --no-deps ./
+	$(PREFIX) $(PIP) install --no-deps ./
 	$(PREFIX) git clean -fdX
 
 uninstall:
 	$(PREFIX) $(PIP) uninstall -y $(PACKAGE)
 
 develop-install: develop-uninstall
-	$(PIP) install --no-use-pep517 --no-deps -e ./
-#	$(PIP) install --no-deps -e ./
+	$(PIP) install --no-deps -e ./
 
-# known issue: It will fail to uninstall scripts
-#  if they were installed in develop mode
 develop-uninstall:
 	$(PIP) uninstall -y $(PACKAGE)
 
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@ test:
 	pytest tests/
 
 dist: ## Build setuptools dist
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python -m build
 
 distupload: ## Upload package dist to PyPi
 	python -m twine upload --verbose dist/*
diff --git a/siriuspy/pyproject.toml b/siriuspy/pyproject.toml
index 86ee6c670..36352e5af 100644
--- a/siriuspy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/siriuspy/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,57 +1,48 @@
-# [build-system]
-# requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
-# build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=44"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-# [project]
-# name = "siriuspy"
-# version = "2.85.0"
-# dependencies = [
-#     "aiohttp>=3.7.4",
-#     "bottleneck>=1.3.2",
-#     "mathphys",
-#     "numpy>=1.18",
-#     "pyepics>=3.4.0",
-#     "python-dateutil>=2.8.1",
-#     "requests>=2.22.0",
-#     "six>=1.13.0",
-#     "pyyaml",
-# ]
-# requires-python = ">=3.6"
-# authors = [
-#   {name = "lnls-sirius"},
-# ]
-# maintainers = [
-#   {name = "Ana Oliveira", email = "ana.clara@lnls.br"},
-#   {name = "Ximenes Resende", email = "xresende@gmail.com"},
-#   {name = "Fernando H. de Sá", email = "fernandohds564@gmail.com"},
-#   {name = "Murilo Barbosa Alves", email= "murilo.alves@lnls.br"}
-# ]
-# description = "Development packages for SIRIUS"
-# readme = "README.md"
-# license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
-# keywords = ["SIRIUS", "python", "EPICS"]
-# classifiers = [
-#     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-#     "Programming Language :: Python",
-#     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-# ]
+[project]
+name = "siriuspy"
+authors = [{ name = "lnls-sirius" } ]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Ana Oliveira", email = "ana.clara@lnls.br"},
+  {name = "Ximenes Resende", email = "xresende@gmail.com"},
+  {name = "Fernando H. de Sá", email = "fernandohds564@gmail.com"},
+  {name = "Murilo Barbosa Alves", email= "alvesb.murilo@gmail.com"}
+]
+description = "Development packages for Sirius"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+]
+keywords = ["SIRIUS", "python", "EPICS"]
 
-# [project.urls]
-# # Homepage = ""
-# # Documentation = ""
-# Repository = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages"
-# "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages/issues"
-# # Changelog = ""
+license = "GPL-3.0"
+license-files= [ "LICENSE", ]
 
-# # [project.optional-dependencies]
-# # gui = []
-# # cli = []
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages"
+Download = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages"
+Repository = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages.git"
+Issues = "https://github.com/lnls-sirius/dev-packages/issues"
 
-# # [project.scripts]
+# --- Setuptools specific configurations ---
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
 
-# # [project.gui-scripts]
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { file = "VERSION" }
+dependencies = { file = "requirements.txt" }
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+siriuspy = ["VERSION"]
 
+# --- linter and formatter configurations ---
 [tool.ruff]
 select = [
     "W", "E", "A", "B", "C90", "D", "I002", "N", "F", "G", "ARG", "S", "NPY"]
diff --git a/siriuspy/setup.py b/siriuspy/setup.py
index f39f30c0d..0c7c8439b 100755
--- a/siriuspy/setup.py
+++ b/siriuspy/setup.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 """Siriuspy setup script."""
 
-import pkg_resources
+import pathlib
+
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 
 def get_abs_path(relative):
-    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, relative)
+    """."""
+    return str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / relative)
 
 
 with open(get_abs_path("README.md"), "r") as _f: