diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index c9b7981b..6a56b47e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: 3.11
-    - name: Install ruff
+    - name: Install pre-commit
       shell: bash
       run: |
         python -V
-        python -m pip install ruff
-    - name: Run ruff
+        python -m pip install pre-commit
+    - name: Run pre-commit linters
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        ruff .
+        pre-commit run --files *
 
   build:
     strategy:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d07f8329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 23.9.1
+    hooks:
+    -   id: black
+-   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.0.292
+    hooks:
+    -   id: ruff
+        args: ["--fix", "--show-source"]
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index aa5db950..933e6909 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# Dependencies for running the tests with pytest
+# Linting tools
 ruff
+pre-commit
+# Dependencies for running the tests with pytest
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 psutil
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bf56a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit_core"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+
+[tool.flit.metadata]
+module = "cloudpickle"
+author = "The cloudpickle developer team"
+author-email='cloudpipe@googlegroups.com'
+home-page = "https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpickle"
+description-file = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+classifiers = [
+    'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+    'Operating System :: POSIX',
+    'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
+    'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
+    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
+    'Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing',
+]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+target_version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312']
+preview = true
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 88
+target-version = "py38"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1021ae..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import os
-import re
-
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-
-# Function to parse __version__ in `cloudpickle/__init__.py`
-def find_version():
-    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    with open(os.path.join(here, 'cloudpickle', '__init__.py')) as fp:
-        version_file = fp.read()
-    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]",
-                              version_file, re.M)
-    if version_match:
-        return version_match.group(1)
-    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
-
-
-setup(
-    name='cloudpickle',
-    version=find_version(),
-    description='Extended pickling support for Python objects',
-    author='Cloudpipe',
-    author_email='cloudpipe@googlegroups.com',
-    url='https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpickle',
-    license='BSD-3-Clause',
-    packages=['cloudpickle'],
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-        'Operating System :: POSIX',
-        'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
-        'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
-        'Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing',
-    ],
-    test_suite='tests',
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
-)