diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1504c9..284c008 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+uv.lock
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
@@ -56,4 +57,4 @@ docs/_build/
 
 # virtualenv
 /.ve
-
+/.venv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8741c42..bb4216e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,34 +30,6 @@ Mujin Controller Python Client is Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 ### How to re-generate `webstackgraphclient.py`
 
-First, set up a virtualenv to install required pip packages:
-
-```bash
-# create a new virtualenv, you can also delete it afterwards
-virtualenv .venv
-
-# install required packages
-./.venv/bin/pip install six==1.16.0 requests==2.27.1 graphql-core==3.2.0 typing_extensions==4.2.0
-
-# install mujinwebstackclient
-./.venv/bin/pip install .
-```
-
-Then, use `mujin_webstackclientpy_generategraphclient.py` to generate the content of the `webstackgraphclient.py` file.
-
-```bash
-./.venv/bin/python devbin/mujin_webstackclientpy_generategraphclient.py --url http://controller123 > python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackgraphclient.py
-```
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### Jhbuild fails due to flake8
-
-If Jhbuild fails on building mujinwebstackclientpy due to a flake8 violation (most likely with a several hundred errors and warnings), this could be happening due to flake8 running a default configuration within a virtual environment.
-
-If this seems to be the case, you can delete the virtual environment.
-
 ```bash
-# delete the virtual environment
-rm -rf ./.venv
+PYTHONPATH=python uv run --extra graphql devbin/mujin_webstackclientpy_generategraphclient.py --url http://controller123 > python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackgraphclient.py
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da573f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[project]
+name = "mujinwebstackclient"
+dependencies = [
+    "six~=1.16",
+    "requests~=2.32.2",
+    "typing_extensions~=4.2",
+    "websockets~=15.0",
+]
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+graphql = [
+    "graphql-core~=3.2.0",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = false
+packages = ["mujinwebstackclient"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-dir]
+mujinwebstackclient = "python/mujinwebstackclient"
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+mujinwebstackclient = ["py.typed"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.data-files]
+bin = [
+    "bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_applyconfig.py",
+    "bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_runshell.py",
+    "bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_downloaddata.py",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "python.mujinwebstackclient.version.__version__"}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f7231b4..5b759fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,43 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2012-2014 MUJIN Inc
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 try:
     from mujincommon.setuptools import Distribution
 except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
-    from distutils.dist import Distribution
-
-version = {}
-exec(open('python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py').read(), version)
+    from setuptools.dist import Distribution
 
 setup(
     distclass=Distribution,
-    name='mujinwebstackclient',
-    version=version['__version__'],
-    packages=['mujinwebstackclient'],
-    package_dir={'mujinwebstackclient': 'python/mujinwebstackclient'},
-    package_data={
-        'mujinwebstackclient': ['py.typed'],
-    },
-    data_files=[
-        # using scripts= will cause the first line of the script being modified for python2 or python3
-        # put the scripts in data_files will copy them as-is
-        (
-            'bin',
-            [
-                'bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_applyconfig.py',
-                'bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_runshell.py',
-                'bin/mujin_webstackclientpy_downloaddata.py',
-            ],
-        ),
-    ],
     locale_dir='locale',
-    license='Apache License, Version 2.0',
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     # flake8 compliance configuration
     enable_flake8=True,  # Enable checks
     fail_on_flake=True,  # Fail builds when checks fail
-    install_requires=[
-        'websockets==15.0.1',
-    ],
 )