@@ -30,28 +30,19 @@ repository = "https://github.com/xarray-contrib/cf-xarray.git"
 changelog = "https://cf-xarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/whats-new.html"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    # xarray is need for dynamic version string
-    "xarray>=2023.09.0",
-    "setuptools>=45",
-    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
-]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["cf_xarray", "cf_xarray.scripts"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
-cf_xarray = ["tests/*"]
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["cf_xarray"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "cf_xarray.__version__"}
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+fallback-version = "999"
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-fallback_version = "999"
-write_to = "cf_xarray/_version.py"
-write_to_template= '__version__ = "{version}"'
-tag_regex= "^(?P<prefix>v)?(?P<version>[^\\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$"
+[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
+version_file = "cf_xarray/_version.py"
+template = '__version__ = "{version}"'
 
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py311"