diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 159a729f..4ced87dc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ COPY . /gns3server
 RUN mkdir -p ~/.config/GNS3/3.0/
 RUN cp scripts/gns3_server.conf ~/.config/GNS3/3.0/
 
-RUN python3 setup.py install
+RUN python3 -m pip install .
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13ac8c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "gns3-server"
+description = "GNS3 graphical interface for the GNS3 server."
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+authors = [
+  { name="Jeremy Grossmann" }
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Framework :: FastAPI",
+        "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
+        "Topic :: System :: Networking",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython"
+]
+
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["gns3server"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "gns3server.version.__version__"}
+dependencies = {file = "requirements.txt"}
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+        "pytest==7.2.2",
+        "flake8==5.0.4",  # v5.0.4 is the last to support Python 3.7
+        "pytest-timeout==2.1.0",
+        "pytest-asyncio==0.20.3",
+        "requests==2.28.2",
+        "httpx==0.23.3"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "http://gns3.com"
+"Repository" = "http://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server"
+"Bug tracker" = "http://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues"
+
+[project.scripts]
+gns3server = "gns3server.main:main"
+gns3vmnet = "gns3server.utils.vmnet:main"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 595336c7..87d5c711 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,28 +20,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
-
-# we only support Python 3 version >= 3.7
-if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] == "install" and sys.version_info < (3, 7, 0):
-    raise SystemExit("Python 3.7 or higher is required")
-
-
-class PyTest(TestCommand):
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
-        self.test_args = []
-        self.test_suite = True
-
-    def run_tests(self):
-        # import here, cause outside the eggs aren't loaded
-        import pytest
-
-        errcode = pytest.main(self.test_args)
-        sys.exit(errcode)
-
+from setuptools import setup
 
 BUSYBOX_PATH = "gns3server/compute/docker/resources/bin/busybox"
 
@@ -64,49 +43,5 @@ def copy_busybox():
         raise SystemExit("No static busybox found")
 
 
-copy_busybox()
-dependencies = open("requirements.txt", "r").read().splitlines()
-
-setup(
-    name="gns3-server",
-    version=__import__("gns3server").__version__,
-    url="http://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server",
-    license="GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
-    cmdclass={"test": PyTest},
-    description="GNS3 server",
-    long_description=open("README.md", "r").read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    install_requires=dependencies,
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": [
-            "gns3server = gns3server.main:main",
-            "gns3vmnet = gns3server.utils.vmnet:main"
-        ]
-    },
-    packages=find_packages(".", exclude=["docs", "tests*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    platforms="any",
-    python_requires='>=3.7.0',
-    setup_requires=["setuptools>=17.1"],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Console",
-        "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
-        "Topic :: System :: Networking",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX",
-        "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
-        "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-    ],
-)
+copy_busybox()  # TODO: this should probably be done when the first time the server is started
+setup()  # required with setuptools below version 64.0.0