diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 2ce98fe..af154f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ['3.6', '3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.8']
         ymlfile: ['environment.yml']
         include:
           - python-version: 3.8
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true # does not work with self-hosted testdata
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
           auto-update-conda: true
@@ -65,24 +65,16 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           git status
-          pip install setuptools_scm
-          if [ ${{ matrix.os }} == "windows-latest" ]
-          then
-            # build whls on windows
-            pip install wheel
-            python setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir ./dist
-          else
-            # build dist on linux
-            python setup.py sdist --dist-dir ./dist
-          fi
+          pip install build
+          python -m build
           ls ./dist
       - name: Upload Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: Artifacts
           path: ./dist/*
       - name: Publish package
-        if: ${{ matrix.pypi }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.pypi && github.repository == 'cpaulik/datedown' }}
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 53f05d4..5b95c01 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ moment.
 Installation
 ============
 
+Requires Python >= 3.8.
+
 * Install `wget <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget>`_ if it is not already on
   your system.
 * ``pip install datedown``
@@ -79,5 +81,5 @@ API Documentation for more details about these functions.
 Note
 ====
 
-This project has been set up using PyScaffold 3.3 For details and usage
-information on PyScaffold see http://pyscaffold.readthedocs.org/.
+This project has been set up using PyScaffold 4.6. For details and usage
+information on PyScaffold see https://pyscaffold.org/.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eed370e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=46.1.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8ae4a13..95ccfd2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 package_dir =
     =src
 # DON'T CHANGE THE FOLLOWING LINE! IT WILL BE UPDATED BY PYSCAFFOLD!
-setup_requires = pyscaffold>=3.3a0,<4
+setup_requires = pyscaffold>=4,<5
 # Add here dependencies of your project (semicolon/line-separated), e.g.
 # install_requires = numpy; scipy
 # The usage of test_requires is discouraged, see `Dependency Management` docs
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ exclude =
 [pyscaffold]
 # PyScaffold's parameters when the project was created.
 # This will be used when updating. Do not change!
-version = 3.3
+version = 4.6
 package = datedown
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 791106b..446a4d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    Setup file for datedown.
-    Use setup.cfg to configure your project.
-
-    This file was generated with PyScaffold 3.3.
-    PyScaffold helps you to put up the scaffold of your new Python project.
-    Learn more under: https://pyscaffold.org/
-"""
-import sys
-from pkg_resources import VersionConflict, require
 from setuptools import setup
 
-try:
-    require("setuptools>=38.3")
-except VersionConflict:
-    print("Error: version of setuptools is too old (<38.3)!")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(use_pyscaffold=True)
+    setup(use_scm_version={"version_scheme": "no-guess-dev"})
diff --git a/src/datedown/__init__.py b/src/datedown/__init__.py
index 07d78fd..268dc86 100644
--- a/src/datedown/__init__.py
+++ b/src/datedown/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
 try:
-    # Change here if project is renamed and does not equal the package name
     dist_name = __name__
-    __version__ = get_distribution(dist_name).version
-except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = version(dist_name)
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = "unknown"
 finally:
-    del get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+    del version, PackageNotFoundError