diff --git a/README b/README
index 6a7beb1..a8e520e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Please install the configshell-fb package from
 https://github.com/open-iscsi/configshell-fb first.
 
 nvmetcli can be run directly from the source directory or installed
-using setup.py.
+using pip install .
 
 Common Package Dependencies and Problems
 -----------------------------------------
diff --git a/bump-ver.sh b/bump-ver.sh
index 21f7df3..232d84c 100755
--- a/bump-ver.sh
+++ b/bump-ver.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ if [ -z "$VER" ]; then
 fi
 
 make clean
-sed -i "s/version =.*,/version = $VER,/" setup.py
-git add setup.py
+sed -i "s/^version = .*/version = \"$VER\"/" pyproject.toml
+git add pyproject.toml
 git commit -m "bump version to v$VER"
 
 git tag -s "v$VER" -m "nvmetcli release v$VER"
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1869a24..85c92c2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ export http_proxy = http://127.0.0.1:9
 
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python2 --with systemd
+	dh $@ --with python3 --with systemd
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	python setup.py build
+	python3 -m build
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	python setup.py install --root=$(install_dir) --install-layout=deb
+	pip3 install --root=$(install_dir) --prefix=/usr .
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_auto_clean
diff --git a/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl b/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
index ce454a2..ae8e6eb 100644
--- a/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
+++ b/rpm/nvmetcli.spec.tmpl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ URL:		http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/nvmetcli.git
 Source:         nvmetcli-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-rpmroot
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  python-devel python-setuptools systemd-units
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel python3-pip python3-build systemd-units
 Requires:	python-configshell python-kmod
 Requires(post): systemd
 Requires(preun): systemd
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ as well as saving / restoring the configuration to / from a json file.
 %setup -q -n nvmetcli-%{version}
 
 %build
-%{__python} setup.py build
+%{__python3} -m build
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-%{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root=%{buildroot} --prefix=usr
+pip3 install --root=%{buildroot} --prefix=usr .
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/nvmet
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -m 644 nvmet.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/nvmet.service