diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 3d024b0..dab35c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # oldest supported python and jupyterhub version
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            pip-install-spec: "jupyterhub==2.3.0 tornado==5.1.0 sqlalchemy==1.*"
-            runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            pip-install-spec: "jupyterhub==2.* sqlalchemy==1.*"
-            runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
           - python-version: "3.10"
             pip-install-spec: "jupyterhub==3.*"
             runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72364f9..28c5477 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
+.DS_Store
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1a73e0e..37202a5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        args:
-          - --py38-plus
 
   # Autoformat: Python code
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake
@@ -39,8 +37,8 @@ repos:
       - id: black
 
   # Autoformat: markdown, yaml
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.0.3
+  - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: v3.7.3
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 04f196a..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include README.md
-include LICENSE
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f1a8fd..1e2186e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "jupyterhub-systemdspawner"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "JupyterHub Spawner using systemd for resource isolation"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+authors = [
+  { name = "Jupyter Contributors", email = "jupyter@googlegroups.com" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "jupyterhub>=3.1.1",
+  "tornado>=6.1",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Source = "https://github.com/jupyterhub/systemdspawner"
+Issues = "https://github.com/jupyterhub/systemdspawner/issues"
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+  "pytest",
+  "pytest-asyncio",
+  "pytest-cov",
+  "pytest-jupyterhub",
+]
+
+[project.entry-points."jupyterhub.spawners"]
+systemd = "systemdspawner:SystemdSpawner"
+systemdspawner = "systemdspawner:SystemdSpawner"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+# need to specify package name because it doesn't match project.name
+packages = ["systemdspawner"]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "systemdspawner/__init__.py"
+
 # autoflake is used for autoformatting Python code
 #
 # ref: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake#readme
@@ -17,21 +62,6 @@ remove-unused-variables = true
 profile = "black"
 
 
-# black is used for autoformatting Python code
-#
-# ref: https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
-#
-[tool.black]
-# target-version should be all supported versions, see
-# https://github.com/psf/black/issues/751#issuecomment-473066811
-target_version = [
-    "py38",
-    "py39",
-    "py310",
-    "py311",
-]
-
-
 # pytest is used for running Python based tests
 #
 # ref: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/
@@ -73,4 +103,4 @@ message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
 [[tool.tbump.file]]
-src = "setup.py"
+src = "systemdspawner/__init__.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b38644..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-with open("README.md") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="jupyterhub-systemdspawner",
-    version="1.0.3.dev",
-    description="JupyterHub Spawner using systemd for resource isolation",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/jupyterhub/systemdspawner",
-    author="Yuvi Panda",
-    author_email="yuvipanda@gmail.com",
-    license="3 Clause BSD",
-    packages=["systemdspawner"],
-    entry_points={
-        "jupyterhub.spawners": [
-            "systemd = systemdspawner:SystemdSpawner",
-            "systemdspawner = systemdspawner:SystemdSpawner",
-        ],
-    },
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
-    install_requires=[
-        "jupyterhub>=2.3.0",
-        "tornado>=5.1",
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        "test": [
-            "pytest",
-            "pytest-asyncio",
-            "pytest-cov",
-            "pytest-jupyterhub",
-        ],
-    },
-)
diff --git a/systemdspawner/__init__.py b/systemdspawner/__init__.py
index db6a7af..83de007 100644
--- a/systemdspawner/__init__.py
+++ b/systemdspawner/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from systemdspawner.systemdspawner import SystemdSpawner
 
+__version__ = "1.0.3.dev"
 __all__ = [SystemdSpawner]