diff --git a/implementations/python/Makefile b/implementations/python/Makefile
index b7a5c12..74488ed 100644
--- a/implementations/python/Makefile
+++ b/implementations/python/Makefile
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ publish: clean build
 	twine upload dist/*
 
 build: build-docs
-	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python3 -m build
diff --git a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
index 3c9d16f..187fa91 100644
--- a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ Issues = "https://gitlab.com/preserves/preserves/-/issues"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
+    "build",
     "coverage",
     "mkdocs",
     "mkdocstrings[python]",
     "mkdocs-material",
     "mkdocs-macros-plugin",
     "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin",
+    "twine",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]