diff --git a/changelog/719.trivial.rst b/changelog/719.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fdb3b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/719.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use up-to-date ``setup.cfg``/``pyproject.toml`` packaging setup.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94b1be61..72a7f7d7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+  # sync with setup.py until we discard non-pep-517/518
+  "setuptools>=45.0",
+  "setuptools-scm[toml]>=6.2.3",
+  "wheel",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "src/xdist/_version.py"
+
 [tool.towncrier]
 package = "xdist"
 filename = "CHANGELOG.rst"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e442e9c8..ad5a0eb9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install_requires =
     execnet>=1.1
     pytest>=6.0.0
     pytest-forked
-setup_requires = setuptools_scm
+setup_requires = setuptools_scm>=6.0
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 28aefd7b..7f1a1763 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(
-        use_scm_version={"write_to": "src/xdist/_version.py"},
-    )
+    setup()