diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a20e0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  install:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: pip install .
+
+      - name: Verify import
+        run: python -c "from drawdata import ScatterWidget, BarWidget; print('Import successful')"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beb76dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "drawdata"
+version = "0.3.5"
+description = "draw a dataset from inside Jupyter"
+readme = "readme.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+authors = [
+    {name = "Vincent D. Warmerdam"}
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "anywidget>=0.9.2",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["notebooks"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+drawdata = ["static/*.js", "static/*.css"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a04033a..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-base_packages = [
-    "anywidget>=0.9.2"
-]
-
-def read(fname):
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="drawdata",
-    version="0.3.4",
-    description="draw a dataset from inside Jupyter",
-    author="Vincent D. Warmerdam",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["notebooks"]),
-    package_data={"drawdata": ["static/*.js", "static/*.css"]},
-    long_description=read("readme.md"),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    install_requires=base_packages,
-    classifiers=[
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    ],
-    license_files=["LICENSE"],
-)