diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fbcde3611..3e6dd21cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,57 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 62.6"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "GitPython"
+description = "GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Sebastian Thiel", email = "byronimo@gmail.com"},
+    {name = "Michael Trier", email = "mtrier@gmail.com"},
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+keywords = ["git"]
+# license = "BSD-3-Clause"  # not done until setuptools >= 77 (Python >= 3.9)
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+    "Typing :: Typed",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "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 :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15",
+]
+dynamic = ["license", "version", "dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Source code" = "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython"
+"Documentation" = "https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {file = "VERSION"}
+dependencies = {file = "requirements.txt"}
+optional-dependencies."test" = {file = "test-requirements.txt"}
+optional-dependencies."doc" = {file = "doc/requirements.txt"}
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["git", "git.*"]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov=git --cov-report=term -rfEX"
 filterwarnings = "ignore::DeprecationWarning"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b5293685..3b0ecc55e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Sequence
 
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist as _sdist
 
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ def _read_content(path: str) -> str:
 
 
 version = _read_content("VERSION").strip()
-requirements = _read_content("requirements.txt").splitlines()
-test_requirements = _read_content("test-requirements.txt").splitlines()
-doc_requirements = _read_content("doc/requirements.txt").splitlines()
-long_description = _read_content("README.md")
 
 
 class build_py(_build_py):
@@ -62,54 +58,9 @@ def _stamp_version(filename: str) -> None:
         print("WARNING: Couldn't find version line in file %s" % filename, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
+# See pyproject.toml for project metadata
 setup(
     name="GitPython",
     cmdclass={"build_py": build_py, "sdist": sdist},
-    version=version,
-    description="GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories",
-    author="Sebastian Thiel, Michael Trier",
-    author_email="byronimo@gmail.com, mtrier@gmail.com",
     license="BSD-3-Clause",
-    url="https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython",
-    packages=find_packages(include=["git", "git.*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_dir={"git": "git"},
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require={
-        "test": test_requirements,
-        "doc": doc_requirements,
-    },
-    zip_safe=False,
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    classifiers=[
-        # Picked from
-        #   http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=list_classifiers
-        # "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
-        # "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
-        # "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        # "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        # "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
-        # "Development Status :: 7 - Inactive",
-        "Environment :: Console",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX",
-        "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-        "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
-        "Typing :: Typed",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "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 :: 3.12",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15",
-    ],
 )
diff --git a/test/test_installation.py b/test/test_installation.py
index e8956d5cf..b8e970bdd 100644
--- a/test/test_installation.py
+++ b/test/test_installation.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import functools
 import os
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
 from test.lib import TestBase, VirtualEnvironment, requires_symlinks, with_rw_directory
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ def _set_up_venv(rw_dir):
             target_is_directory=True,
         )
 
+        # Turn warnings into exceptions except for Python 3.7
+        pywarnings = "error" if tuple(sys.version_info)[0:2] > (3, 7) else "default"
+
         # Create a convenience function to run commands in it.
         run = functools.partial(
             subprocess.run,
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ def _set_up_venv(rw_dir):
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
             universal_newlines=True,
             cwd=venv.sources,
-            env={**os.environ, "PYTHONWARNINGS": "error"},
+            env={**os.environ, "PYTHONWARNINGS": pywarnings},
         )
 
         return venv, run