diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15f96dce9..93a2cbca2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ build_python:: schema
 	cd sdk/python/ && \
 		echo "module fake_python_module // Exclude this directory from Go tools\n\ngo 1.17" > go.mod && \
 		cp ../../README.md . && \
-		python3 setup.py clean --all 2>/dev/null && \
 		rm -rf ./bin/ ../python.bin/ && cp -R . ../python.bin && mv ../python.bin ./bin && \
-		sed -i.bak -e 's/^VERSION = .*/VERSION = "$(PYPI_VERSION)"/g' -e 's/^PLUGIN_VERSION = .*/PLUGIN_VERSION = "$(VERSION)"/g' ./bin/setup.py && \
-		rm ./bin/setup.py.bak && \
-		cd ./bin && python3 setup.py build sdist
+		sed -i.bak -e 's/^  version = .*/  version = "$(PYPI_VERSION)"/g' ./bin/pyproject.toml && \
+		rm ./bin/pyproject.toml.bak && \
+		python3 -m venv venv && \
+		./venv/bin/python -m pip install build && \
+		cd ./bin && \
+		../venv/bin/python -m build .
 
 build_go:: VERSION := $(shell pulumictl get version --language generic)
 build_go:: schema
diff --git a/provider/cmd/pulumi-gen-eks/main.go b/provider/cmd/pulumi-gen-eks/main.go
index fcf2876f1..c87981140 100644
--- a/provider/cmd/pulumi-gen-eks/main.go
+++ b/provider/cmd/pulumi-gen-eks/main.go
@@ -1363,6 +1363,9 @@ func generateSchema() schema.PackageSpec {
 				// TODO: Embellish the readme
 				"readme":                       "Pulumi Amazon Web Services (AWS) EKS Components.",
 				"liftSingleValueMethodReturns": true,
+				"pyproject": map[string]any{
+					"enabled": true,
+				},
 			}),
 			"go": rawMessage(map[string]interface{}{
 				"generateResourceContainerTypes": true,
diff --git a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-eks/schema.json b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-eks/schema.json
index 6c6686713..464627074 100644
--- a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-eks/schema.json
+++ b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-eks/schema.json
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
         },
         "python": {
             "liftSingleValueMethodReturns": true,
+            "pyproject": {
+                "enabled": true
+            },
             "readme": "Pulumi Amazon Web Services (AWS) EKS Components.",
             "requires": {
                 "pulumi": "\u003e=3.0.0,\u003c4.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/publish_packages.sh b/scripts/publish_packages.sh
index 40f10fef3..5e5ac2b3c 100755
--- a/scripts/publish_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish_packages.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ publish() {
     pushd ${ROOT}/sdk/python/bin
     twine upload \
         -u "pulumi" -p "${PYPI_PASSWORD}" \
-        "dist/*.tar.gz" \
+        "dist/*" \
         --skip-existing \
         --verbose
     popd
diff --git a/sdk/python/pyproject.toml b/sdk/python/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d311ec74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[project]
+  name = "pulumi_eks"
+  description = "Pulumi Amazon Web Services (AWS) EKS Components."
+  dependencies = ["parver>=0.2.1", "pulumi>=3.0.0,<4.0.0", "pulumi-aws>=6.0.0,<7.0.0", "pulumi-kubernetes>=4.0.0,<5.0.0", "semver>=2.8.1"]
+  keywords = ["pulumi", "aws", "eks"]
+  readme = "README.md"
+  requires-python = ">=3.7"
+  version = "0.0.0"
+  [project.license]
+    text = "Apache-2.0"
+  [project.urls]
+    Homepage = "https://pulumi.com"
+    Repository = "https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-eks"
+
+[build-system]
+  requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool]
+  [tool.setuptools]
+    [tool.setuptools.package-data]
+      pulumi_eks = ["py.typed", "pulumi-plugin.json"]
diff --git a/sdk/python/setup.py b/sdk/python/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 13bf302f3..000000000
--- a/sdk/python/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# coding=utf-8
-# *** WARNING: this file was generated by pulumi-gen-eks. ***
-# *** Do not edit by hand unless you're certain you know what you are doing! ***
-
-import errno
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from setuptools.command.install import install
-from subprocess import check_call
-
-
-VERSION = "0.0.0"
-def readme():
-    try:
-        with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            return f.read()
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        return "eks Pulumi Package - Development Version"
-
-
-setup(name='pulumi_eks',
-      python_requires='>=3.7',
-      version=VERSION,
-      description="Pulumi Amazon Web Services (AWS) EKS Components.",
-      long_description=readme(),
-      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-      keywords='pulumi aws eks',
-      url='https://pulumi.com',
-      project_urls={
-          'Repository': 'https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-eks'
-      },
-      license='Apache-2.0',
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      package_data={
-          'pulumi_eks': [
-              'py.typed',
-              'pulumi-plugin.json',
-          ]
-      },
-      install_requires=[
-          'parver>=0.2.1',
-          'pulumi>=3.0.0,<4.0.0',
-          'pulumi-aws>=6.0.0,<7.0.0',
-          'pulumi-kubernetes>=4.0.0,<5.0.0',
-          'semver>=2.8.1'
-      ],
-      zip_safe=False)