diff --git a/_template/pyproject.toml b/_template/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..117bd3b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_template/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+# opentelemetry-instrumentation plus the name of the library being instrument e.g
+# name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy"
+name = "<REPLACE ME>"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+# a description of the instrumentation e.g
+# description = "SQLAlchemy tracing for OpenTelemetry"
+description = "<REPLACE ME>"
+readme = "README.rst"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+authors = [
+  { name = "OpenTelemetry Authors", email = "cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "opentelemetry-api ~= 1.12",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+  # add any test dependencies here
+  "<REPLACE ME>",
+]
+
+[project.entry-points.opentelemetry_instrumentor]
+# REPLACE ME: the entrypoint for the instrumentor e.g
+# sqlalchemy = "opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy:SQLAlchemyInstrumentor"
+<REPLACE ME> = "opentelemetry.instrumentation.<REPLACE>"
+
+[project.urls]
+# url of the instrumentation e.g
+# Homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy"
+Homepage = "<REPLACE ME>"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+# REPLACE ME: the path to the version file e.g
+# "src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/version.py"
+path = "src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/<REPLACE ME>/version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = [
+  "/src",
+  "/tests",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["src/opentelemetry"]
diff --git a/_template/setup.cfg b/_template/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index e34e38341..000000000
--- a/_template/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-[metadata]
-# opentelemetry-instrumentation plus the name of the library being instrument e.g
-# name = opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy
-name = "<REPLACE ME>"
-# a description of the instrumentation e.g
-# description = SQLAlchemy tracing for OpenTelemetry
-description = "<REPLACE ME>"
-long_description = file: README.rst
-long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
-author = OpenTelemetry Authors
-author_email = cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io
-# url of the instrumentation e.g
-# url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy
-url = "<REPLACE ME>"
-platforms = any
-license = Apache-2.0
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-    Intended Audience :: Developers
-    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
-    Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-
-[options]
-python_requires = >=3.7
-package_dir=
-    =src
-packages=find_namespace:
-
-install_requires =
-    opentelemetry-api ~= 1.12
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    # add any test dependencies here
-    "<REPLACE ME>"
-
-[options.packages.find]
-where = src
-
diff --git a/_template/setup.py b/_template/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e158a21c8..000000000
--- a/_template/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-import os
-
-import setuptools
-
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
-    # REPLACE ME: the path to the version file e.g
-    # BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "sqlalchemy", "version.py"
-    BASE_DIR,
-    "src",
-    "opentelemetry",
-    "instrumentation",
-    "<REPLACE ME>",
-    "version.py",
-)
-PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"],
-    entry_points={
-        "opentelemetry_instrumentor": [
-            # REPLACE ME: the entrypoint for the instrumentor e.g
-            # "sqlalchemy = opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy:SQLAlchemyInstrumentor"
-            "<REPLACE ME> = opentelemetry.instrumentation.<REPLACE>"
-        ]
-    },
-)