diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 297ee89..37e6b4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ It doesn't contain any useful code but only a minimal working setup for a Python
 
 - a basic **project structure** with
   - tox.ini
-  - requirements.in
+  - `pyproject.toml` where the project metadata and dependencies are defined
   - and a requirements.txt derived from it
   - an example class
   - an example unit test (using pytest)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0d13591..a7a9339 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-dependencies = []     # add all the dependencies from requirements.in here, too
+dependencies = []     # add all the dependencies here
 dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ exclude = ["/unittests"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 only-include = ["src"]
-sources = ["src"]
\ No newline at end of file
+sources = ["src"]
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cf3204d..79ca470 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.10
-# To update, run:
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile requirements.in
+#    pip-compile pyproject.toml
 #
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 42737d0..55a0a5c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ deps =
     pre-commit
 commands =
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    pip-compile requirements.in
+    pip-compile pyproject.toml
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     pre-commit install