diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c29b8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+packages = ["gfpgan"]
+
+[project]
+name = "gfpgan"
+version = "1.3.8"
+authors = [
+  { name="Xintao Wang", email="xintao.wang@outlook.com" },
+]
+description = "GFPGAN aims at developing Practical Algorithms for Real-world Face Restoration"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+
+dependencies = [
+    "basicsr", "facexlib", "lmdb", "numpy", "opencv-python", "pyyaml",
+    "scipy", "tb-nightly", "torch", "torchvision", "tqdm", "yapf", "cython"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "github.com/Disty0/GFPGAN"
+Issues = "https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/issues"
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 474e9188..4fa8c255 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ def write_version_py():
 
 def get_version():
     with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
-        exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, 'exec'))
-    return locals()['__version__']
+        return f.read().split("'")[1]
 
 
 def get_requirements(filename='requirements.txt'):