diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 4114410..fe34c0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: 3.10
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index e6bc459..a3fa036 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index ec6cfe2..32e134a 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ disable=
         too-many-instance-attributes,
         too-many-arguments,
         too-few-public-methods,
+        too-many-positional-arguments,
         useless-object-inheritance,
         redefined-builtin,
         missing-module-docstring,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85146fd..47210f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools",
-    "wheel",
-    "setuptools_scm"
+    "hatchling",
+    "hatch-vcs",
 ]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
+[project]
+name = "c8y_api"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [{name="Christoph Souris", email="christoph.souris@gmail.com"}]
+description = "Python microservice and application client for the Cumulocity REST API"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-python-api"
+Source = "https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-python-api"
+Issues = "https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-python-api/issues"
+Documentation = "https://cumulocity-python-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 24ad9bb..9f28659 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ Flask
 websockets
 pandas
 PyOTP
+hatchling
+hatch-vcs
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b1511..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = c8y_api
-url = https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-python-api
-license_files = LICENSE
-author = Christoph Souris
-author_email = christoph.souris@softwareag.com
-classifiers =
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
-description = Python microservice and application client for the Cumulocity REST API
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-
-[options]
-python_requires = >=3.10
-install_requires =
-    requests
-    python-dateutil
-    PyYAML
-    Deprecated
-    cachetools
-
-packages = find:
-
-[options.packages.find]
-exclude =
-    integration_tests
-    tests
-    build
-    util
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index dcbea69..b1aaeef 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def lint(c, scope='all'):
     """Run PyLint."""
     if scope == 'all':
         scope = 'c8y_api c8y_tk tests integration_tests samples'
-    c.run(f'pylint {scope}')
+    c.run(f'pylint --rcfile pylintrc --fail-under=9 {scope}')
 
 
 @task