diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index b818536..89dfedb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 
-# GitHub Action that uses Black to reformat the Python code in an incoming pull request.
-# If all Python code in the pull request is compliant with Black then this Action does nothing.
-# Othewrwise, Black is run and its changes are committed back to the incoming pull request.
-# https://github.com/cclauss/autoblack
+# GitHub Action that checks Python formatting with a pinned Black release.
 
-name: autoblack
+name: black
 on: [pull_request]
 jobs:
   black:
@@ -12,3 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: psf/black@stable
+        with:
+          options: "--check --diff --verbose"
+          version: "~=26.0"
+          src: "."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ef43906..952d3a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
     env:
       SDIST_DIR: /tmp/sdist
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+        python -m pip install -e .
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        python setup.py test
+        python -m pytest
         codecov
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8450495..9179504 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ repos:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
     -   id: check-yaml
     -   id: check-added-large-files
--   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.1.0
+-   repo: local
     hooks:
-    - id: black
+    -   id: black
+        name: black
+        entry: black
+        language: python
+        additional_dependencies:
+        - black~=26.0
+        types: [python]
diff --git a/pyevtk/vtk.py b/pyevtk/vtk.py
index 7b4bc0a..6da4949 100644
--- a/pyevtk/vtk.py
+++ b/pyevtk/vtk.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from .evtk import writeBlockSize, writeArrayToFile, writeArraysToFile
 from .xml import XmlWriter
 
-
 # ================================
 #            VTK Types
 # ================================
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f052d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+required-version = "26"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a244eb..d66fa09 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ codecov
 twine
 check-manifest
 readme_renderer[md]
-black~=22.1.0
+black>=26.0,<27.0
+pre-commit
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0960662..5bc9377 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[aliases]
-# this allows calling 'python setup.py test'
-test=pytest
-
 [pep8]
 max-line-length = 120
 ignore = E221,E226,E241,E242, W0105, N803, N806
@@ -22,9 +18,7 @@ exclude = __init__.py
 [tool:pytest]
 testpaths = tests/
 python_files = tests/*.py
-python_class = Test
-pep8maxlinelength = 120
-pep8ignore = E221,E226,E241,E242
+python_classes = Test
 addopts= --cov pyevtk
 
 # See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 83e9796..ff73b8d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,19 +48,20 @@ def readme(fname):
     author_email="pauloa.herrera@gmail.com",
     maintainer="Adamos Kyriakou",
     maintainer_email="somada141@gmail.com",
+    license="BSD-2-Clause",
     url="https://github.com/pyscience-projects/pyevtk",
     packages=["pyevtk", "evtk"],
     package_dir={"pyevtk": "pyevtk"},
     package_data={"pyevtk": ["LICENSE.txt", "examples/*.py"]},
     install_requires=["numpy >= 1.8.0"],
-    # necessary for 'python setup.py test'
-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
-    tests_require=["pytest>=3.1", "pytest-cov", "twine", "check-manifest"],
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
index d5e0eb5..b9a087b 100644
--- a/versioneer.py
+++ b/versioneer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Version: 0.19
 
+
 """The Versioneer - like a rocketeer, but for versions.
 
 The Versioneer
@@ -417,9 +418,7 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
     return stdout, p.returncode
 
 
-LONG_VERSION_PY[
-    "git"
-] = r'''
+LONG_VERSION_PY["git"] = r'''
 # This file helps to compute a version number in source trees obtained from
 # git-archive tarball (such as those provided by githubs download-from-tag
 # feature). Distribution tarballs (built by setup.py sdist) and build