diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a19a453e2..addcba205a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+[project]
+name = "gluonts"
+dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
+description = "Probabilistic time series modeling in Python."
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
 
@@ -40,6 +46,10 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 allow_redefinition = true
 follow_imports = "silent"
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "gluonts.__version__"}
+readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+
 [tool.isort]
 known_first_party = "gluonts"
 known_third_party = [