diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cfb6c2c6e7..316b924a08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-[tool.poetry]
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
 name = "opendbc"
 version = "1.0.0"
-description = "CAN bus databases and tools"
-license = "MIT"
-authors = ["Vehicle Researcher <user@comma.ai>"]
+description = "CAN bus databases, tools, and car APIs"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+authors = [{ name="Vehicle Researcher", email="user@comma.ai" }]
 readme = "README.md"
-repository = "https://github.com/commaai/opendbc"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+
+dependencies = [
+  "ruff",
+  "Cython",
+  "Jinja2",
+  "numpy",
+  "pycapnp",
+  "pyyaml",
+  "scons",
+  "pytest",
+  "pytest-xdist",
+  "pytest-subtests",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/commaai/opendbc"
 
 [tool.cython-lint]
 max-line-length = 120
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2