diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c433eb7f..9807cbbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * **Fixed** for any bug fixes.
 * **Security** in case of vulnerabilities.
 
+## [0.2.6]
+
+### Fixed
+
+* fix deprecated npm_install jupyter module and replaced by hatch_jupyter_builder.npm_builder
+
+### Changed
+
+* The corresponding Aladin-lite version is now pinned instead of pointing to the latest version.
+* There is no dependency to jquery anymore
+
 ## [0.2.5]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 7322989f..fb208dee 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "ipyaladin" %}
-{% set version = "0.2.5" %}
+{% set version = "0.2.6" %}
 
 package:
   name: "{{ name|lower }}"
diff --git a/conda-recipe/readme b/conda-recipe/readme
index e5151677..5f8b6c36 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/readme
+++ b/conda-recipe/readme
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ conda skeleton pypi --extra-specs jupyter-packaging ipyaladin
 // change the meta.yaml in ipyaladin/
 cp post-link.* pre-unlink.* ipyaladin
 conda build ipyaladin --output-folder distrib
-conda convert --platform all distrib/linux-64/ipyaladin-0.2.5-py39_0.tar.bz2 -o distrib
+conda convert --platform all distrib/linux-64/ipyaladin-0.2.6-py39_0.tar.bz2 -o distrib
 anaconda login
-anaconda upload distrib/osx-64/ipyaladin-0.2.5-py39_0.tar.bz2
-anaconda upload distrib/linux-64/ipyaladin-0.2.5-py39_0.tar.bz2
+anaconda upload distrib/osx-64/ipyaladin-0.2.6-py39_0.tar.bz2
+anaconda upload distrib/linux-64/ipyaladin-0.2.6-py39_0.tar.bz2
 
 rm -r distrib ipyaladin
diff --git a/ipyaladin/_version.py b/ipyaladin/_version.py
index d1b5e50b..632f5678 100644
--- a/ipyaladin/_version.py
+++ b/ipyaladin/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Module version
-__version__ = '0.2.5'
+__version__ = '0.2.6'
 
-NPM_PACKAGE_RANGE='^0.2.5'
\ No newline at end of file
+NPM_PACKAGE_RANGE='^0.2.6'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/lib/jupyter-aladin.js b/js/lib/jupyter-aladin.js
index ab6dcd41..6b891209 100644
--- a/js/lib/jupyter-aladin.js
+++ b/js/lib/jupyter-aladin.js
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ const loadScript = (FILE_URL, async = true, type = "text/javascript") => {
         }
     });
 };
-let AladinLiteJS_Loader = loadScript("https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.1.min.js")
-    .then(() => { return loadScript("https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/api/v3/latest/aladin.js") })
+let AladinLiteJS_Loader = loadScript("https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/AladinLite/api/v3/3.2.0/aladin.js")
     .then(async () => {
         await A.init;
     });
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 13470693..9e5c6ccd 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ipyaladin",
-  "version": "0.2.5",
+  "version": "0.2.6",
   "description": "ipyaladin",
   "author": "Thomas Boch, Jerome Desroziers and Matthieu Baumann",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eee6fa5a..382cb734 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["jupyter_packaging>=0.7.9", "jupyterlab>=3.0", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel", "traitlets>=5.9.0", "traitlets>=5.9.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
\ No newline at end of file
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
+
+[tool.hatch.build]
+artifacts = [
+    "ipyaladin/nbextension/index.*",
+    "ipyaladin/labextension/*.tgz",
+    "ipyaladin/labextension",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.shared-data]
+"ipyaladin/nbextension" = "share/jupyter/nbextensions/ipyaladin"
+"ipyaladin/labextension" = "share/jupyter/labextensions/ipyaladin"
+"./install.json" = "share/jupyter/labextensions/ipyaladin/install.json"
+"./ipyaladin.json" = "etc/jupyter/nbconfig/notebook.d/ipyaladin.json"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+    ".github",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.jupyter-builder]
+build-function = "hatch_jupyter_builder.npm_builder"
+ensured-targets = [
+    "ipyaladin/nbextension/index.js",
+    "ipyaladin/labextension/package.json",
+]
+skip-if-exists = [
+    "ipyaladin/nbextension/index.js",
+    "ipyaladin/labextension/package.json",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "hatch-jupyter-builder>=0.8.3",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.jupyter-builder.build-kwargs]
+path = "."
+build_cmd = "build:prod"
+npm = ["jlpm"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3d5db48..b6c66813 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,30 +1,2 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from jupyter_packaging import (
-    create_cmdclass,
-    install_npm,
-    ensure_targets,
-    combine_commands,
-)
-
-JS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'js'
-
-# Representative files that should exist after a successful build
-jstargets = [JS_DIR / 'dist' / 'index.js']
-
-data_files_spec = [
-    ('share/jupyter/nbextensions/ipyaladin', 'ipyaladin/nbextension', '*.*'),
-    ('share/jupyter/labextensions/ipyaladin', 'ipyaladin/labextension', '**'),
-    ('share/jupyter/labextensions/ipyaladin', '.', 'install.json'),
-    ('etc/jupyter/nbconfig/notebook.d', '.', 'ipyaladin.json'),
-]
-
-cmdclass = create_cmdclass('jsdeps', data_files_spec=data_files_spec)
-cmdclass['jsdeps'] = combine_commands(
-    install_npm(JS_DIR, npm=['yarn'], build_cmd='build:prod'),
-    ensure_targets(jstargets),
-)
-
-# See setup.cfg for other parameters
-setup(cmdclass=cmdclass)
+# setup.py shim for use with applications that require it.
+__import__("setuptools").setup()