diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae71050f23315ad25b104d4202c29437ad7bbd83..ce65254738635ed88f1d3e6b39304cee9c75a846 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
+[tool.poetry]
 name = "pak"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "A simple Python package."
-authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "your.email@example.com" }]
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+description = "A sample Python package"
+authors = ["Matthew Defenderfer <mdefende@uab.edu>"]
+license = "MIT"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.12"
+# Add your other dependencies here
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+pytest = "^7.0"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+hello = "pak:main"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"