diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools~=70.0.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "bittensor-cli"
+version = "9.1.1"
+description = "Bittensor CLI"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    {name = "bittensor.com"}
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+scripts = { btcli = "bittensor_cli.cli:main" }
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
+dependencies = [
+    "wheel",
+    "async-property==0.2.2",
+    "async-substrate-interface>=1.0.4",
+    "aiohttp~=3.10.2",
+    "backoff~=2.2.1",
+    "GitPython>=3.0.0",
+    "fuzzywuzzy~=0.18.0",
+    "netaddr~=1.3.0",
+    "numpy>=2.0.1",
+    "Jinja2",
+    "pycryptodome>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
+    "PyYAML~=6.0.1",
+    "pytest",
+    "python-Levenshtein",
+    "rich~=13.7",
+    "scalecodec==1.2.11",
+    "typer~=0.12",
+    "websockets>=14.1",
+    "bittensor-wallet>=3.0.4",
+    "plotille>=5.0.0",
+    "pywry>=0.6.2",
+    "plotly>=6.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+cuda = [
+    "torch>=1.13.1,<2.6.0",
+    "cubit>=1.1.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+# more details can be found here
+homepage = "https://github.com/opentensor/btcli"
+Repository = "https://github.com/opentensor/btcli"
+
+[tool.flit.metadata]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Topic :: Utilities"
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"bittensor_cli" = "bittensor_cli"}
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-# The MIT License (MIT)
-# Copyright © 2024 Opentensor Foundation
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
-# documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
-# and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
-# the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
-# THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from os import path
-from io import open
-import codecs
-import re
-import os
-import pathlib
-
-
-def read_requirements(path):
-    requirements = []
-
-    with pathlib.Path(path).open() as requirements_txt:
-        for line in requirements_txt:
-            if line.startswith("git+"):
-                pkg_name = re.search(r"egg=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)", line.strip()).group(1)
-                requirements.append(pkg_name + " @ " + line.strip())
-            else:
-                requirements.append(line.strip())
-
-    return requirements
-
-
-requirements = read_requirements("requirements.txt")
-cuda_requirements = read_requirements("cuda_requirements.txt")
-
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-
-# loading version from setup.py
-with codecs.open(
-    os.path.join(here, "bittensor_cli/version.py"), encoding="utf-8"
-) as init_file:
-    version_match = re.search(
-        r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", init_file.read(), re.M
-    )
-    version_string = version_match.group(1)
-
-setup(
-    name="bittensor-cli",
-    version=version_string,
-    description="Bittensor CLI",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/opentensor/btcli",
-    author="bittensor.com",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*", "*/tests/*", "*/tests"])
-    + ["bittensor_cli.src.bittensor.templates"],
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={
-        "": ["templates/*"],
-    },
-    author_email="",
-    license="MIT",
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
-    install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require={
-        "cuda": cuda_requirements,
-    },
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": [
-            "btcli=bittensor_cli.cli:main",
-        ],
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
-        "Topic :: Software Development",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    ],
-)