diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
index 5a1d78015..82653758e 100644
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ commands:
           command: |
             cd <<parameters.plugin>>
             pip install git+https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro@main
+            pip install .
             pip install -r test_requirements.txt
       - run:
           name: Install pre-commit hooks
diff --git a/kedro-docker/MANIFEST.in b/kedro-docker/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..451642d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kedro-docker/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-include kedro_docker/template *
diff --git a/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md b/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
index eeb2f0e41..4bd5b8bbd 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Upcoming release
+* Migrate all project metadata to static `pyproject.toml`.
 
 ## Major features and improvements
 
diff --git a/kedro-docker/features/environment.py b/kedro-docker/features/environment.py
index 04a5f25cf..930f97a7d 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/features/environment.py
+++ b/kedro-docker/features/environment.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def before_all(context):
     )
 
     # install the plugin
-    call([context.python, "setup.py", "install"], env=context.env)
+    call([context.python, "-m", "pip", "install", "."], env=context.env)
 
 
 def _setup_context_with_venv(context, venv_dir):
diff --git a/kedro-docker/pyproject.toml b/kedro-docker/pyproject.toml
index 0b54e6e31..cdd273509 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kedro-docker/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,58 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "kedro-docker"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Kedro"}
+]
+description = "Kedro-Docker makes it easy to package Kedro projects with Docker."
+requires-python = ">=3.7, <3.11"
+license = {text = "Apache Software License (Apache 2.0)"}
+dependencies = [
+    "anyconfig~=0.10.0",  # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+    "kedro>=0.16.0",
+    "semver~=2.10",  # Needs to be at least 2.10.0 to get VersionInfo.match
+]
+dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Source = "https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/tree/main/kedro-docker"
+Documentation = "https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/blob/main/kedro-docker/README.md"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/issues"
+
+[project.entry-points."kedro.project_commands"]
+docker = "kedro_docker.plugin:commands"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+zip-safe = false
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["kedro_docker*"]
+namespaces = true  # To include the template files
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+kedro_docker = [
+    "template/Dockerfile.*",
+    "template/.dockerignore",
+    "template/.dive-ci",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+version = {attr = "kedro_docker.__version__"}
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = """
+    --cov-report xml:coverage.xml
+    --cov-report term-missing
+    --cov kedro_docker
+    --cov tests
+    --no-cov-on-fail
+    -ra"""
+
 [tool.black]
 
 [tool.isort]
diff --git a/kedro-docker/requirements.txt b/kedro-docker/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 86c576113..000000000
--- a/kedro-docker/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-anyconfig~=0.10.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-kedro>=0.16.0
-semver~=2.10 # Needs to be at least 2.10.0 to get VersionInfo.match
diff --git a/kedro-docker/setup.cfg b/kedro-docker/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ba92fe11..000000000
--- a/kedro-docker/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-description-file=README.md
-
-[tool:pytest]
-addopts=--cov-report xml:coverage.xml
-        --cov-report term-missing
-        --cov kedro_docker
-        --cov tests
-        --no-cov-on-fail
-        -ra
diff --git a/kedro-docker/setup.py b/kedro-docker/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ef23ca3..000000000
--- a/kedro-docker/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-import re
-from codecs import open
-from os import path
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-name = "kedro-docker"
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-# get package version
-package_name = name.replace("-", "_")
-with open(path.join(here, package_name, "__init__.py"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    version = re.search(r'__version__ = ["\']([^"\']+)', f.read()).group(1)
-
-# get the dependencies and installs
-with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    requires = [x.strip() for x in f if x.strip()]
-
-# get the long description from the README file
-with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    readme = f.read()
-
-setup(
-    name=name,
-    version=version,
-    description="Kedro-Docker makes it easy to package Kedro projects with Docker.",
-    long_description=readme,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/tree/main/kedro-docker",
-    license="Apache Software License (Apache 2.0)",
-    python_requires=">=3.7, <3.11",
-    install_requires=requires,
-    author="Kedro",
-    packages=["kedro_docker"],
-    package_data={
-        "kedro_docker": [
-            "template/Dockerfile.*",
-            "template/.dockerignore",
-            "template/.dive-ci",
-        ]
-    },
-    zip_safe=False,
-    entry_points={"kedro.project_commands": ["docker = kedro_docker.plugin:commands"]},
-)
diff --git a/kedro-docker/test_requirements.txt b/kedro-docker/test_requirements.txt
index 771ee88a6..01af755ac 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/kedro-docker/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r requirements.txt
 bandit>=1.6.2, <2.0
 behave>=1.2.6, <2.0
 black~=22.0