diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e27ee24..8d502b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
                 os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-                python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11.6', '3.12.0']
+                python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13-dev']
                 architecture: [x64, x86]
                 exclude:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
                       architecture: x86
         steps:
         - name: Set up the repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
           with:
               submodules: recursive
               fetch-depth: 0
         - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v5
           with:
             python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
             architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b0ea8d0..f85b4ba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython", "Cython>=0.29.30; python_version > '3.10'"]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=61.2",
+    "Cython",
+    "Cython>=0.29.30; python_version > '3.10'"
+]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "memory_allocator"
+version = "0.1.3"
+description = "An extension class to allocate memory easily with cython"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Jeroen Demeyer, Nathann Cohen, Jonathan Kliem", email = "sage-devel@googlegroups.com"},
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "Cython",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "GPLv3"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+    "Programming Language :: Cython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/sagemath/memory_allocator"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea0f705..39e182c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ def run(self):
         du_build_ext.run(self)
 
 
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
 extensions = [
     Extension(
         "memory_allocator.memory_allocator",
@@ -24,29 +21,8 @@ def run(self):
         sources=["memory_allocator/test.pyx"]),
     ]
 
+
 setup(
-    name='memory_allocator',
-    version='0.1.3',
-    description='An extension class to allocate memory easily with cython',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url='https://github.com/sagemath/memory_allocator',
-    author='Jeroen Demeyer, Nathann Cohen, Jonathan Kliem',
-    author_email='sage-devel@googlegroups.com',
-    license='GPLv3',
     packages=find_packages(),
     ext_modules=extensions,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
-    package_dir={'memory_allocator': 'memory_allocator'},
-    install_requires=["Cython"],
-    package_data={"memory_allocator": ["*.pxd"]},
-    cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Cython',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics']
-    )
+)