diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/__init__.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ae78104e94..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-__path__ = __import__("pkgutil").extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/__init__.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ae78104e94..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-__path__ = __import__("pkgutil").extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/pyproject.toml b/src/azure-cli/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcde9e96d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/azure-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=70.0.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "azure-cli"
+version = "2.76.0"
+description = "Microsoft Azure Command-Line Tools"
+readme = "README.rst"
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Microsoft Corporation", email = "azpycli@microsoft.com" }
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "antlr4-python3-runtime~=4.13.1",
+    "azure-appconfiguration~=1.7.1",
+    "azure-batch~=15.0.0b1",
+    "azure-cli-core==2.76.0",
+    "azure-cosmos~=3.0,>=3.0.2",
+    "azure-data-tables==12.4.0",
+    "azure-datalake-store~=1.0.1",
+    "azure-keyvault-administration==4.4.0b2",
+    "azure-keyvault-certificates==4.7.0",
+    "azure-keyvault-keys==4.11.0b1",
+    "azure-keyvault-secrets==4.7.0",
+    "azure-keyvault-securitydomain==1.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-advisor==9.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-apimanagement==4.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-appconfiguration==5.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-appcontainers==2.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-applicationinsights~=1.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-authorization~=4.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-batchai==7.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-batch~=17.3.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-billing==6.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-botservice~=2.0.0b3",
+    "azure-mgmt-cdn==12.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-cognitiveservices~=13.5.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-compute~=34.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-containerinstance==10.2.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-containerregistry==14.1.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-containerservice~=38.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-cosmosdb==9.8.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-databoxedge~=1.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-datalake-store~=1.1.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-datamigration~=10.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-eventgrid==10.2.0b2",
+    "azure-mgmt-eventhub~=12.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-extendedlocation==1.0.0b2",
+    "azure-mgmt-hdinsight==9.0.0b3",
+    "azure-mgmt-imagebuilder~=1.3.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-iotcentral~=10.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-iothub==3.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-iothubprovisioningservices==1.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-keyvault==12.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-loganalytics==13.0.0b4",
+    "azure-mgmt-managementgroups~=1.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-maps~=2.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-marketplaceordering==1.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-media~=9.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-monitor~=7.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-msi~=7.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-netapp~=10.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-policyinsights==1.1.0b4",
+    "azure-mgmt-postgresqlflexibleservers==1.1.0b2",
+    "azure-mgmt-privatedns~=1.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-rdbms==10.2.0b17",
+    "azure-mgmt-mysqlflexibleservers==1.0.0b3",
+    "azure-mgmt-recoveryservicesbackup~=9.2.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-recoveryservices~=3.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift~=1.5.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-redis~=14.5.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-resource==23.3.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-resource-deployments==1.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-resource-deploymentscripts==1.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-resource-deploymentstacks==1.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-resource-templatespecs==1.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-search~=9.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-security==6.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-servicebus~=10.0.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-servicefabricmanagedclusters==2.1.0b1",
+    "azure-mgmt-servicelinker==1.2.0b3",
+    "azure-mgmt-servicefabric~=2.1.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-signalr==2.0.0b2",
+    "azure-mgmt-sqlvirtualmachine==1.0.0b5",
+    "azure-mgmt-sql==4.0.0b21",
+    "azure-mgmt-storage==23.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-synapse==2.1.0b5",
+    "azure-mgmt-trafficmanager~=1.0.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-web==9.0.0",
+    "azure-monitor-query==1.2.0",
+    "azure-multiapi-storage==1.4.1",
+    "azure-storage-common~=1.4",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol~=0.5.0",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts~=0.20.0",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints~=0.4.0",
+    "azure-synapse-spark~=0.7.0",
+    "chardet~=5.2.0",
+    "colorama~=0.4.4",
+    # On Linux, the distribution (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) and version are checked for `az feedback`
+    'distro; sys_platform == "linux"',
+    "fabric~=3.2.2",
+    "javaproperties~=0.5.1",
+    "jsondiff~=2.0.0",
+    "packaging>=20.9",
+    "paramiko>=2.0.8,<4.0.0",
+    "pycomposefile>=0.0.32",
+    "PyGithub~=1.38",
+    "PyNaCl~=1.5.0",
+    "scp~=0.13.2",
+    "semver~=3.0",
+    "setuptools",
+    "six>=1.10.0", # six is still used by countless extensions
+    "sshtunnel~=0.1.4",
+    # Even though knack already depends on tabulate, profile module directly uses it for interactive subscription
+    # selection
+    "tabulate",
+    "urllib3",
+    "websocket-client~=1.3.1",
+    "xmltodict~=0.12"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli"
+
+[project.scripts]
+az = "azure.cli.__main__:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = [
+    "*.tests", "*.tests.*", "tests.*", "tests"
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.acr" = ["*.json"]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.botservice" = ["*.json", "*.config"]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.monitor.operations" = ["autoscale-parameters-template.json"]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.servicefabric" = [
+    "template/windows/template.json",
+    "template/windows/parameter.json",
+    "template/linux/template.json",
+    "template/linux/parameter.json",
+    "template/service/template.json",
+    "template/service/parameter.json"
+]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.appservice" = [
+    "resources/WebappRuntimeStacks.json",
+    "resources/GenerateRandomAppNames.json"
+]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.rdbms" = [
+    "*.json",
+    "randomname/adjectives.txt",
+    "randomname/nouns.txt",
+    "templates/mysql_githubaction_template.yaml",
+    "templates/postgresql_githubaction_template.yaml"
+]
+"azure.cli.command_modules.mysql" = [
+    "random/adjectives.txt",
+    "random/nouns.txt"
+]
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/setup.cfg b/src/azure-cli/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index d1880740e37..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[build_py]
-extra_build_source_files=azure.cli,__main__,azure/cli/__main__.py
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/setup.py b/src/azure-cli/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ebc56526950..00000000000
--- a/src/azure-cli/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-from codecs import open
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import sys
-
-try:
-    from azure_cli_bdist_wheel import cmdclass
-except ImportError:
-    import logging
-
-    logging.warning("Wheel is not available, disabling bdist_wheel hook")
-    cmdclass = {}
-
-VERSION = "2.76.0"
-# If we have source, validate that our version numbers match
-# This should prevent uploading releases with mismatched versions.
-try:
-    with open('azure/cli/__main__.py', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        content = f.read()
-except OSError:
-    pass
-else:
-    import re
-
-    m = re.search(r'__version__\s*=\s*[\'"](.+?)[\'"]', content)
-    if not m:
-        print('Could not find __version__ in azure/cli/__main__.py')
-        sys.exit(1)
-    if m.group(1) != VERSION:
-        print('Expected __version__ = "{}"; found "{}"'.format(VERSION, m.group(1)))
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-CLASSIFIERS = [
-    'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-    'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
-    'Programming Language :: Python',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
-    'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-]
-
-DEPENDENCIES = [
-    "antlr4-python3-runtime~=4.13.1",
-    'azure-appconfiguration~=1.7.1',
-    'azure-batch~=15.0.0b1',
-    'azure-cli-core=={}'.format(VERSION),
-    'azure-cosmos~=3.0,>=3.0.2',
-    'azure-data-tables==12.4.0',
-    'azure-datalake-store~=1.0.1',
-    'azure-keyvault-administration==4.4.0b2',
-    'azure-keyvault-certificates==4.7.0',
-    'azure-keyvault-keys==4.11.0b1',
-    'azure-keyvault-secrets==4.7.0',
-    'azure-keyvault-securitydomain==1.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-advisor==9.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-apimanagement==4.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-appconfiguration==5.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-appcontainers==2.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-applicationinsights~=1.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-authorization~=4.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-batchai==7.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-batch~=17.3.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-billing==6.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-botservice~=2.0.0b3',
-    'azure-mgmt-cdn==12.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-cognitiveservices~=13.5.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-compute~=34.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-containerinstance==10.2.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-containerregistry==14.1.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-containerservice~=38.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-cosmosdb==9.8.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-databoxedge~=1.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-datalake-store~=1.1.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-datamigration~=10.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-eventgrid==10.2.0b2',
-    'azure-mgmt-eventhub~=12.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-extendedlocation==1.0.0b2',
-    'azure-mgmt-hdinsight==9.0.0b3',
-    'azure-mgmt-imagebuilder~=1.3.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-iotcentral~=10.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-iothub==3.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-iothubprovisioningservices==1.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-keyvault==12.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-loganalytics==13.0.0b4',
-    'azure-mgmt-managementgroups~=1.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-maps~=2.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-marketplaceordering==1.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-media~=9.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-monitor~=7.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-msi~=7.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-netapp~=10.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-policyinsights==1.1.0b4',
-    'azure-mgmt-postgresqlflexibleservers==1.1.0b2',
-    'azure-mgmt-privatedns~=1.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-rdbms==10.2.0b17',
-    'azure-mgmt-mysqlflexibleservers==1.0.0b3',
-    'azure-mgmt-recoveryservicesbackup~=9.2.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-recoveryservices~=3.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-redhatopenshift~=1.5.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-redis~=14.5.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-resource==23.3.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-resource-deployments==1.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-resource-deploymentscripts==1.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-resource-deploymentstacks==1.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-resource-templatespecs==1.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-search~=9.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-security==6.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-servicebus~=10.0.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-servicefabricmanagedclusters==2.1.0b1',
-    'azure-mgmt-servicelinker==1.2.0b3',
-    'azure-mgmt-servicefabric~=2.1.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-signalr==2.0.0b2',
-    'azure-mgmt-sqlvirtualmachine==1.0.0b5',
-    'azure-mgmt-sql==4.0.0b21',
-    'azure-mgmt-storage==23.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-synapse==2.1.0b5',
-    'azure-mgmt-trafficmanager~=1.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-web==9.0.0',
-    'azure-monitor-query==1.2.0',
-    'azure-multiapi-storage==1.4.1',
-    'azure-storage-common~=1.4',
-    'azure-synapse-accesscontrol~=0.5.0',
-    'azure-synapse-artifacts~=0.20.0',
-    'azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints~=0.4.0',
-    'azure-synapse-spark~=0.7.0',
-    'chardet~=5.2.0',
-    'colorama~=0.4.4',
-    # On Linux, the distribution (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) and version are checked for `az feedback`
-    'distro; sys_platform == "linux"',
-    'fabric~=3.2.2',
-    'javaproperties~=0.5.1',
-    'jsondiff~=2.0.0',
-    'packaging>=20.9',
-    'paramiko>=2.0.8,<4.0.0',
-    'pycomposefile>=0.0.32',
-    'PyGithub~=1.38',
-    'PyNaCl~=1.5.0',
-    'scp~=0.13.2',
-    'semver~=3.0',
-    'setuptools',
-    'six>=1.10.0',  # six is still used by countless extensions
-    'sshtunnel~=0.1.4',
-    # Even though knack already depends on tabulate, profile module directly uses it for interactive subscription
-    # selection
-    'tabulate',
-    'urllib3',
-    'websocket-client~=1.3.1',
-    'xmltodict~=0.12'
-]
-
-with open('README.rst', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    README = f.read()
-
-setup(
-    name='azure-cli',
-    version=VERSION,
-    description='Microsoft Azure Command-Line Tools',
-    long_description=README,
-    license='MIT',
-    author='Microsoft Corporation',
-    author_email='azpycli@microsoft.com',
-    url='https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli',
-    zip_safe=False,
-    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
-    scripts=[
-        'az',
-        'az.completion.sh',
-        'az.bat',
-        'azps.ps1'
-    ],
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["*.tests", "*.tests.*", "tests.*", "tests", "azure", "azure.cli"]),
-    install_requires=DEPENDENCIES,
-    python_requires='>=3.9.0',
-    package_data={
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.acr': ['*.json'],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.botservice': ['*.json', '*.config'],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.monitor.operations': ['autoscale-parameters-template.json'],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.servicefabric': [
-            'template/windows/template.json',
-            'template/windows/parameter.json',
-            'template/linux/template.json',
-            'template/linux/parameter.json',
-            'template/service/template.json',
-            'template/service/parameter.json'
-        ],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.appservice': [
-            'resources/WebappRuntimeStacks.json',
-            'resources/GenerateRandomAppNames.json'
-        ],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.rdbms': [
-            '*.json',
-            'randomname/adjectives.txt',
-            'randomname/nouns.txt',
-            'templates/mysql_githubaction_template.yaml',
-            'templates/postgresql_githubaction_template.yaml'
-        ],
-        'azure.cli.command_modules.mysql': [
-            'random/adjectives.txt',
-            'random/nouns.txt'
-        ]
-    },
-    cmdclass=cmdclass
-)