diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4eac7c559..ca6cbdb01 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = [
+  "hatch-vcs",
+  "hatchling",
+]
 
 [project]
 name = "sphinx-lint"
@@ -33,10 +36,11 @@ repository = "https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint"
 [project.scripts]
 sphinx-lint = "sphinxlint.__main__:main"
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["sphinxlint"]
-include-package-data = false
-dynamic.version.attr = "sphinxlint.__version__"
+[tool.hatch]
+version.source = "vcs"
+
+[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
 [tool.black]