diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f0392b7ace45..4fdcfe0c9986 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -101,14 +101,24 @@ Changes = "https://github.com/wandb/weave/releases"
 Twitter = "https://twitter.com/weights_biases"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["weave"]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "weave/version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build]
+include = ["weave"]
+exclude = [
+  "weave_query",
+  "weave-js",
+  "examples",
+  "tests",
+  "docs",
+  "dev_docs",
+  "weave/clear_cache.py",
+]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "weave.version.VERSION" }
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
diff --git a/weave/__init__.py b/weave/__init__.py
index c865f4c5ad79..3b54ba971762 100644
--- a/weave/__init__.py
+++ b/weave/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 __version__ = version.VERSION
 
+
 from weave.flow.agent import Agent as Agent
 from weave.flow.agent import AgentState as AgentState
 from weave.flow.dataset import Dataset