diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 07b5dd7f..c0dbf370 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from dunamai import Version
-from setuptools import config
+from importlib.metadata import metadata
 
 
 def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
 )
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
-metadata = config.read_configuration('../../setup.cfg')['metadata']
+md = metadata('ensembleperturbation')
 
-project = metadata['name']
-author = metadata['author']
-copyright = f'2021, {author}'
+project = md['Name']
+author = md['Author']
+copyright = f'2023, {author}'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 try:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f41511f6..ef68abfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = 'ensembleperturbation'
 version = '0.0.0'
 description = 'perturbation of coupled model input over a space of input variables'
-authors = ['Zach Burnett <zachary.burnett@noaa.gov>']
+authors = ['Zach Burnett', 'Soroosh Mani <Soroosh.Mani@noaa.gov>']
 license = 'CC0-1.0'
 readme = 'README.md'
 repository = 'https://github.com/noaa-ocs-modeling/EnsemblePerturbation.git'
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ chaospy = '*'
 cmocean = { version = '*', optional = true }
 coupledmodeldriver = '>=1.5'
 dask = '*'
+dunamai = { version = '*', optional = true }
 f90nml = '*'
 fiona = '*'
 geopandas = '*'