diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6509b1eb3..6158c70e3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ repos:
     rev: "0.24.2"
     hooks:
     -   id: check-python-versions
-        args: ['--only', 'setup.py,tox.ini']
+        args: ['--only', 'pyproject.toml,tox.ini']
 -   repo: https://github.com/collective/i18ndude
     rev: "6.3.0"
     hooks:
diff --git a/news/+setup-to-pyproject.internal b/news/+setup-to-pyproject.internal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72ce34a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/+setup-to-pyproject.internal
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Move package metadata from ``setup.py`` to ``pyproject.toml``.
+[plone devs]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70eb1894f..cd7bd542f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,91 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=68.2,<83", "wheel"]
 
+# START-MARKER-MANUAL-CONFIG
+# Anything from here until END-MARKER-MANUAL-CONFIG
+# will be kept by plone.meta
+
+[project]
+name = "plone.app.layout"
+version = "7.0.0a3.dev0"
+description = "Layout mechanisms for Plone"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Framework :: Plone",
+    "Framework :: Plone :: 6.2",
+    "Framework :: Plone :: Core",
+    "Framework :: Zope :: 5",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "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",
+]
+license = "GPL-2.0-only"
+dynamic = ["readme"]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Plone Foundation",email = "plone-developers@lists.sourceforge.net"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Plone Foundation and contributors",email = "plone-developers@lists.sourceforge.net"},
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "Products.CMFEditions >=1.2.2",
+    "Products.GenericSetup",
+    "Products.ZCatalog",
+    "Products.statusmessages",
+    "Zope",
+    "lxml",
+    "plone.app.content",
+    "plone.app.dexterity",
+    "plone.app.linkintegrity",
+    "plone.app.registry",
+    "plone.app.relationfield",
+    "plone.app.uuid",
+    "plone.app.viewletmanager >=1.2",
+    "plone.app.workflow",
+    "plone.autoform",
+    "plone.base >=4.0.0a1",
+    "plone.dexterity",
+    "plone.formwidget.namedfile",
+    "plone.i18n",
+    "plone.memoize",
+    "plone.portlets",
+    "plone.protect",
+    "z3c.form",
+]
+keywords = ["plone", "layout", "viewlet"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "plone.app.contenttypes[test]",
+    "plone.app.linkintegrity",
+    "plone.app.relationfield",
+    "plone.app.robotframework",
+    "plone.app.testing",
+    "plone.app.textfield",
+    "plone.browserlayer",
+    "plone.dexterity",
+    "plone.locking",
+    "plone.testing",
+    "robotsuite",
+    "z3c.relationfield",
+    "zc.relation",
+    "zope.intid",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Source = "https://github.com/plone/plone.app.layout"
+Issues = "https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/issues"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/plone/plone.app.layout/blob/master/CHANGES.rst"
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+readme = {file = ["README.rst", "CHANGES.rst"]}
+# END-MARKER-MANUAL-CONFIG
 
 [tool.towncrier]
 directory = "news/"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3f502d64..d5dbbc6f2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,85 +1,4 @@
-from pathlib import Path
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = "7.0.0a3.dev0"
-
-long_description = (
-    f"{Path('README.rst').read_text()}\n{Path('CHANGES.rst').read_text()}"
-)
-
-setup(
-    name="plone.app.layout",
-    version=version,
-    description="Layout mechanisms for Plone",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    # Get more strings from
-    # https://pypi.org/classifiers/
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Framework :: Plone",
-        "Framework :: Plone :: 6.2",
-        "Framework :: Plone :: Core",
-        "Framework :: Zope :: 5",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "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",
-    ],
-    keywords="plone layout viewlet",
-    author="Plone Foundation",
-    author_email="plone-developers@lists.sourceforge.net",
-    url="https://pypi.org/project/plone.app.layout",
-    license="GPL version 2",
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires=">=3.10",
-    install_requires=[
-        "lxml",
-        "plone.app.content",
-        "plone.app.dexterity",
-        "plone.app.linkintegrity",
-        "plone.app.registry",
-        "plone.app.relationfield",
-        "plone.app.workflow",
-        "plone.app.uuid",
-        "plone.app.viewletmanager >=1.2",
-        "plone.autoform",
-        "plone.base >=4.0.0a1",
-        "plone.dexterity",
-        "plone.formwidget.namedfile",
-        "plone.i18n",
-        "plone.memoize",
-        "plone.portlets",
-        "plone.protect",
-        "Products.CMFEditions >=1.2.2",
-        "Products.GenericSetup",
-        "Products.statusmessages",
-        "Products.ZCatalog",
-        "z3c.form",
-        "Zope",
-    ],
-    extras_require=dict(
-        test=[
-            "plone.app.contenttypes[test]",
-            "plone.app.linkintegrity",
-            "plone.app.relationfield",
-            "plone.app.robotframework",
-            "plone.app.testing",
-            "plone.app.textfield",
-            "plone.browserlayer",
-            "plone.dexterity",
-            "plone.locking",
-            "plone.testing",
-            "robotsuite",
-            "z3c.relationfield",
-            "zc.relation",
-            "zope.intid",
-        ]
-    ),
-)
+# See pyproject.toml for package metadata
+setup()