diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index e75e85e7..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-omit = */site-packages/plexapi/*
-
-
-
-[report]
-exclude_lines =
-    pragma: no cover
-    raise NotImplementedError
-    raise Unsupported
-    raise Exception
-    except ImportError
-    except BadRequest
-    def __repr__
-    def __bool__
-    def __iter__
-    def __hash__
-    def __len__
-    if __name__ == .__main__.:
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 70b9e9ce..1eb16ebc 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # W605: invalid escape sequence
 [flake8]
 ignore=E128,E701,E702,E731,W503,W605
-exclude=compat.py,venv
+exclude=compat.py,venv,.venv
 per-file-ignores =
   tests/payloads.py:E501
 max-complexity = -1
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.yml
index 2a5c2162..110b3354 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ body:
     id: python
     attributes:
       label: Python Version
-      placeholder: eg. 3.8.17
+      placeholder: eg. 3.9.20
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: input
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 800b8ad0..f4b86675 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 1
-  DEFAULT_PYTHON: 3.8
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON: 3.9
 
 jobs:
   lint-flake8:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index a366a887..ed4cf107 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     types: [published]
 
 env:
-  DEFAULT_PYTHON: 3.8
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON: 3.9
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies and build
       run: |
         pip install -U pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install setuptools twine wheel
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        pip install build twine
+        python -m build
 
     - name: Verify README
       # https://packaging.python.org/guides/making-a-pypi-friendly-readme/#validating-restructuredtext-markup
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64dabf95..d55a5c2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pip-selfcheck.json
 pyvenv.cfg
 MANIFEST
 venv/
+.venv/
 
 # path for the test lib.
 plex/
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index e817dd19..a2646ce1 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.9"
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 36c6bd73..955396f9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 include README.rst
-include requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+recursive-exclude tests *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9257a660..00000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "scripts": {
-    "pypi": "python setup.py sdist upload"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..452faee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[project]
+name = "PlexAPI"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Michael Shepanski", email = "michael.shepanski@gmail.com" }
+]
+description = "Python bindings for the Plex API."
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+keywords = ["plex", "api"]
+license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+]
+dependencies = ["requests"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+alert = ["websocket-client>=1.3.3"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi"
+Documentation = "https://python-plexapi.readthedocs.io"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "plexapi.const.__version__"}
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+markers = [
+    "client: this is a client test.",
+    "req_client: require a client to run this test.",
+    "anonymously: test plexapi anonymously.",
+    "authenticated: test plexapi authenticated.",
+]
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index a6a6e371..00000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-markers =
-    client: this is a client test.
-    req_client: require a client to run this test.
-    anonymously: test plexapi anonymously.
-    authenticated: test plexapi authenticated.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ac8922b4..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#---------------------------------------------------------
-# PlexAPI core requirements.
-# pip install -r requirements.txt
-#---------------------------------------------------------
-requests
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 5d8e7a4a..2eaf00d6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 # PlexAPI requirements to run py.test.
 # pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
 #---------------------------------------------------------
-coveralls==4.0.1
 flake8==7.1.1
 pillow==10.4.0
-pytest==8.3.3
+pytest==8.3.2
 pytest-cache==1.0
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
 pytest-mock==3.14.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e87e129..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Install PlexAPI
-"""
-from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-# Get version
-version = {}
-with open('plexapi/const.py') as handle:
-    exec(handle.read(), version)
-
-# Get README.rst contents
-with open('README.rst') as handle:
-    readme = handle.read()
-
-# Get requirements
-with open('requirements.txt') as handle:
-    requirements = [str(req) for req in parse_requirements(handle)]
-
-setup(
-    name='PlexAPI',
-    version=version['__version__'],
-    description='Python bindings for the Plex API.',
-    author='Michael Shepanski',
-    author_email='michael.shepanski@gmail.com',
-    url='https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi',
-    packages=['plexapi'],
-    install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require={
-        'alert': ["websocket-client>=1.3.3"],
-    },
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
-    long_description=readme,
-    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
-    keywords=['plex', 'api'],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-    ]
-)