diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index b1807f78..241369bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install hatch
         pip install redis==${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
-        pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
-        pip install -e .
 
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 pytest --durations=5
+        RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 hatch run test:pytest --durations=5
 
   dependency-build:
     name: Check development branches of dependencies
@@ -68,13 +67,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install git+https://github.com/redis/redis-py
-        pip install git+https://github.com/pallets/click
-        pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-        pip install -e .
+        pip install hatch
 
     - name: Test with pytest
-      run: RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 pytest --durations=5 > log.txt 2>&1
+      run: RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 hatch run test:pytest --durations=5 > log.txt 2>&1
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 7a9dda60..b4473767 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read write # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
+  contents: write # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
   packages: write
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index 1de525fa..8a3e532a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: addnab/docker-run-action@v3
       with:
         image: rqtest-image:latest
-        run: stunnel & redis-server & RUN_SSL_TESTS=1 tox run -e ssl
+        run: stunnel & redis-server & RUN_SSL_TESTS=1 hatch run tox run -e ssl
 
   test:
     name: Python${{ matrix.python-version }}/Redis${{ matrix.redis-version }}/redis-py${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install hatch
         pip install redis==${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
-        pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
-        pip install -e .
 
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 pytest --cov=rq --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml --durations=5
+        RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 hatch run test:cov --durations=5
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d45026be..5bd0e359 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ repos:
     rev: "v0.0.267"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
+  - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
+    rev: 0.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyproject-fmt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index cdd4ea5a..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-include LICENSE
-include *.toml
-include requirements.txt
-recursive-exclude tests *
diff --git a/dev-requirements-36.txt b/dev-requirements-36.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eae078a..00000000
--- a/dev-requirements-36.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-packaging==21.3
-coverage==6.2
-psutil
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-sentry-sdk
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index cbe9464c..00000000
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-packaging
-coverage
-psutil
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-sentry-sdk
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ebcd7e8d..7bb68c0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,97 @@
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = [
+  "hatchling",
+]
+
+[project]
+name = "rq"
+description = "RQ is a simple, lightweight, library for creating background jobs, and processing them."
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Selwin Ong"},
+]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Vincent Driessen", email = "vincent@3rdcloud.com" },
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+  "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
+  "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+  "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+  "Operating System :: MacOS",
+  "Operating System :: POSIX",
+  "Operating System :: Unix",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Topic :: Internet",
+  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+  "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+  "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",
+  "Topic :: System :: Monitoring",
+  "Topic :: System :: Systems Administration",
+]
+dynamic = [
+  "version",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "click>=5",
+  "redis>=3.5",
+]
+[project.urls]
+changelog = "https://github.com/rq/rq/blob/master/CHANGES.md"
+documentation = "https://python-rq.org/docs/"
+homepage = "https://python-rq.org/"
+repository = "https://github.com/rq/rq/"
+[project.scripts]
+rq = "rq.cli:main"
+rqinfo = "rq.cli:info"  # TODO [v2]: Remove
+rqworker = "rq.cli:worker"  # TODO [v2]: Remove
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "rq/version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = [
+    "/docs",
+    "/rq",
+    "/tests",
+    "CHANGES.md",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "pyproject.toml",
+    "README.md",
+    "requirements.txt",
+    "tox.ini",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.test]
+dependencies = [
+  "black",
+  "coverage",
+  "packaging",
+  "psutil",
+  "pytest",
+  "pytest-cov",
+  "ruff",
+  "sentry-sdk",
+  "tox",
+]
+[tool.hatch.envs.test.scripts]
+cov = "pytest --cov=rq --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml {args:tests}"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = ['py38']
+target-version = ["py38"]
 skip-string-normalization = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
@@ -13,7 +104,7 @@ select = [
     "W", # pycodestyle warnings
 ]
 line-length = 120  # To match black.
-target-version = 'py38'
+target-version = "py38"
 
 [tool.ruff.isort]
 known-first-party = ["rq"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a14dffe..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-redis>=4.0.0
-click>=5.0.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index f873f9b9..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[bdist_rpm]
-requires = redis >= 3.0.0
-           click >= 3.0
-
-[wheel]
-universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ceaf034d..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-"""
-rq is a simple, lightweight, library for creating background jobs, and
-processing them.
-"""
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-def get_version():
-    basedir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    try:
-        with open(os.path.join(basedir, 'rq/version.py')) as f:
-            locals = {}
-            exec(f.read(), locals)
-            return locals['VERSION']
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        raise RuntimeError('No version info found.')
-
-
-def get_requirements():
-    basedir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    try:
-        with open(os.path.join(basedir, 'requirements.txt')) as f:
-            return f.readlines()
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        raise RuntimeError('No requirements info found.')
-
-
-setup(
-    name='rq',
-    version=get_version(),
-    url='https://github.com/nvie/rq/',
-    license='BSD',
-    author='Vincent Driessen',
-    author_email='vincent@3rdcloud.com',
-    description='RQ is a simple, lightweight, library for creating background jobs, and processing them.',
-    long_description=__doc__,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
-    package_data={"rq": ["py.typed"]},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    platforms='any',
-    install_requires=get_requirements(),
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'rq = rq.cli:main',
-            # NOTE: rqworker/rqinfo are kept for backward-compatibility,
-            # remove eventually (TODO)
-            'rqinfo = rq.cli:info',
-            'rqworker = rq.cli:worker',
-        ],
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        # As from http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-        # 'Development Status :: 1 - Planning',
-        # 'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
-        # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
-        # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        # 'Development Status :: 6 - Mature',
-        # 'Development Status :: 7 - Inactive',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop',
-        'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-        'Operating System :: POSIX',
-        'Operating System :: MacOS',
-        'Operating System :: Unix',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-        'Topic :: Internet',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
-        'Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing',
-        'Topic :: System :: Systems Administration',
-        'Topic :: System :: Monitoring',
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile
index d131b7e8..77408855 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ WORKDIR /tmp/rq
 
 RUN set -e && \
     python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir tox && \
-    pip3 install -r /tmp/rq/requirements.txt -r /tmp/rq/dev-requirements.txt && \
-    python3 /tmp/rq/setup.py build && \
-    python3 /tmp/rq/setup.py install
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir hatch tox
 
 CMD stunnel \
     & redis-server \
-    & RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 RUN_SSL_TESTS=1 tox
+    & RUN_SLOW_TESTS_TOO=1 RUN_SSL_TESTS=1 hatch run tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a180d777..e89dcf18 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ envlist=py36,py37,py38,py39,py310
 [testenv]
 commands=pytest --cov rq --cov-config=.coveragerc --durations=5 {posargs}
 deps=
+    codecov
+    psutil
     pytest
     pytest-cov
     sentry-sdk
-    codecov
-    psutil
 passenv=
     RUN_SSL_TESTS