diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 40f4d50..b1e4845 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Install the latest version of uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@bd01e18f51369d5a26f1651c3cb451d3417e3bba # 6.3.1
+        with:
+          enable-cache: false
+
       - name: Build
-        run: pipx run build
+        run: uv build
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6570043..6d3c976 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 History
 -------
 
+5.2.0
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+* Setuptools has been replaced with the uv build backend for building the
+  package.
+
 5.1.0 (2025-05-05)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0961762..d10381a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,11 +41,19 @@ lint = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=77.0.3",
-    "setuptools-scm",
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.7.19,<0.8.0"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
+
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+source-include = [
+    "HISTORY.rst",
+    "README.rst",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "docs/html",
+    "examples/*.py",
+    "tests/*.py",
+    "tests/data/test-data/*.mmdb"
 ]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://www.maxmind.com/"
@@ -81,12 +89,9 @@ ignore = [
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "docs/*" = ["ALL"]
-"geoip2/{models,records}.py" = [ "D107", "PLR0913" ]
+"src/geoip2/{models,records}.py" = [ "D107", "PLR0913" ]
 "tests/*" = ["ANN201", "D"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-geoip2 = ["py.typed"]
-
 [tool.tox]
 env_list = [
     "3.9",
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ dependency_groups = [
     "lint",
 ]
 commands = [
-    ["mypy", "geoip2", "tests"],
+    ["mypy", "src", "tests"],
     ["ruff", "check"],
     ["ruff", "format", "--check", "--diff", "."],
 ]
diff --git a/geoip2/__init__.py b/src/geoip2/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/__init__.py
rename to src/geoip2/__init__.py
diff --git a/geoip2/_internal.py b/src/geoip2/_internal.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/_internal.py
rename to src/geoip2/_internal.py
diff --git a/geoip2/database.py b/src/geoip2/database.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/database.py
rename to src/geoip2/database.py
diff --git a/geoip2/errors.py b/src/geoip2/errors.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/errors.py
rename to src/geoip2/errors.py
diff --git a/geoip2/models.py b/src/geoip2/models.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/models.py
rename to src/geoip2/models.py
diff --git a/geoip2/py.typed b/src/geoip2/py.typed
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/py.typed
rename to src/geoip2/py.typed
diff --git a/geoip2/records.py b/src/geoip2/records.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/records.py
rename to src/geoip2/records.py
diff --git a/geoip2/types.py b/src/geoip2/types.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/types.py
rename to src/geoip2/types.py
diff --git a/geoip2/webservice.py b/src/geoip2/webservice.py
similarity index 100%
rename from geoip2/webservice.py
rename to src/geoip2/webservice.py