diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
index 707856b..e34537a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install -e ".[dev]"
       - name: Lint and check formatting with ruff
         run: |
           ruff check .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c97d4b..3d34063 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ python3 -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Install the dependencies
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
 # Start your local server
 python3 app.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6dca91c..b89e235 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "bolt-python-ai-chatbot"
+version = "0.1.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "slack-bolt==1.28.0",
+    "slack-cli-hooks==0.3.0",
+    "openai==2.33.0",
+    "anthropic==0.97.0",
+    "google-cloud-aiplatform==1.149.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest",
+    "ruff",
+]
+
+test = [
+    "pytest",
+]
+
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["ai*", "listeners*", "state_store*"]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 [tool.ruff.format]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d80e7..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-slack-bolt==1.28.0
-pytest
-ruff
-slack-cli-hooks==0.3.0
-openai==2.33.0
-anthropic==0.97.0
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.149.0