diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 87b99837d..1ae009b03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           LOKALISE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LOKALISE_TOKEN }}
       - name: Build and release package
         run: |
-          python3 -m pip install twine
+          python3 -m pip install twine build
           export TWINE_USERNAME="__token__"
           export TWINE_PASSWORD="${{ secrets.TWINE_TOKEN }}"
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 703dc5da5..384d62c07 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include README.md
-include LICENSE.md
 graft hass_frontend
 graft hass_frontend_es5
 recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
diff --git a/build-scripts/env.js b/build-scripts/env.js
index bda99cf01..1320c137d 100644
--- a/build-scripts/env.js
+++ b/build-scripts/env.js
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   version() {
     const version = fs
-      .readFileSync(path.resolve(paths.polymer_dir, "setup.py"), "utf8")
-      .match(/\d{8}\.\d+/);
+      .readFileSync(path.resolve(paths.polymer_dir, "setup.cfg"), "utf8")
+      .match(/version\W+=\W(\d{8}\.\d)/);
     if (!version) {
       throw Error("Version not found");
     }
-    return version[0];
+    return version[1];
   },
 };
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cad8f17be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools~=60.5", "wheel~=0.37.1"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/script/release b/script/release
index f2d6e91a0..3b981bf50 100755
--- a/script/release
+++ b/script/release
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ yarn install
 
 script/build_frontend
 
-rm -rf dist
-python3 setup.py -q sdist
+rm -rf dist home_assistant_frontend.egg-info
+python3 -m build
 python3 -m twine upload dist/* --skip-existing
diff --git a/script/version_bump.js b/script/version_bump.js
index 35ad851f1..74fc3770e 100755
--- a/script/version_bump.js
+++ b/script/version_bump.js
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ async function main(args) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const setup = fs.readFileSync("setup.py", "utf8");
+  const setup = fs.readFileSync("setup.cfg", "utf8");
   const version = setup.match(/\d{8}\.\d+/)[0];
   const newVersion = method(version);
 
   console.log("Current version:", version);
   console.log("New version:", newVersion);
 
-  fs.writeFileSync("setup.py", setup.replace(version, newVersion), "utf-8");
+  fs.writeFileSync("setup.cfg", setup.replace(version, newVersion), "utf-8");
 
   if (!commit) {
     return;
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfcc00c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[metadata]
+name         = home-assistant-frontend
+version      = 20220127.0
+author       = The Home Assistant Authors
+author_email = hello@home-assistant.io
+license      = Apache-2.0
+platforms    = any
+description  = The Home Assistant frontend
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+url          = https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend
+
+[options]
+packages = find:
+zip_safe = False
+include_package_data = True
+python_requires = >= 3.4.0
+
+[options.packages.find]
+include =
+    hass_frontend*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7417efc3b..69bf65dd8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+"""
+Entry point for setuptools. Required for editable installs.
+TODO: Remove file after updating to pip 21.3
+"""
+from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(
-    name="home-assistant-frontend",
-    version="20220127.0",
-    description="The Home Assistant frontend",
-    url="https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend",
-    author="The Home Assistant Authors",
-    author_email="hello@home-assistant.io",
-    license="Apache-2.0",
-    packages=find_packages(include=["hass_frontend", "hass_frontend.*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-)
+setup()