diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index f94b2a7..fc365f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox -e check
     - name: Upload HTML documentation
       if: matrix.python-version == 3.9
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: html-doc
         path: doc/_build/html
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Download HTML documentation from job 'test'
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: html-doc
         path: doc/_build/html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         branch: gh-pages
         folder: doc/_build/html
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d4e0ca3..1bc76c7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-include requirements.txt
 include LICENSE
-recursive-include doc *.py
-recursive-include doc *.robot
-recursive-include doc *.rst
-recursive-include doc *.yml
-recursive-include doc Makefile
-include tox.ini
+include README.rst
+include LICENSE
+
+recursive-include mlx *.py
+recursive-exclude mlx *version__.py
 recursive-include mlx *.mako
 recursive-include mlx *.css
 
-exclude mlx/xunit2rst/__version__.py
+exclude .gitignore
 exclude .pylintrc
-exclude  doc/source/generated/*
+exclude codecov.yml
+exclude requirements.txt
+exclude tox.ini
 
-recursive-include tests *.py
-recursive-include tests *.rst
-recursive-include tests *.xml
-exclude tests/test_out/*
+recursive-exclude .github *
+recursive-exclude build *
+recursive-exclude doc *
+recursive-exclude tests *
+global-exclude *.py[co]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d9adb8c..91651cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools-scm>=6.0.0", "setuptools>=69.0.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools-scm>=8.0.4", "setuptools>=71.0.4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "mlx/xunit2rst/__version__.py"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf5c428..8b922b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 setup(
     name='mlx.xunit2rst',
-    use_scm_version={
-        'write_to': 'mlx/xunit2rst/__version__.py'
-    },
     url='https://github.com/melexis/xunit2rst',
     license='Apache License Version 2.0',
     author='JasperCraeghs',
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@
         'Topic :: Utilities',
     ],
     platforms='any',
-    packages=find_namespace_packages(where='.'),
+    packages=find_namespace_packages(where=".", exclude=("doc.*", "doc", "tests.*", "tests", "build*")),
     package_dir={"": "."},
     package_data={
         'mlx.xunit2rst': ['*.mako'],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 06f44a8..2accb3b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ commands=
 [testenv:check]
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
+    setuptools>=71.0.4
     docutils
     build
     twine >= 1.12.0
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:doc]
 deps=
     {[testenv]deps}
+    sphinx < 7.0  # temporary until traceability_attributes_sort no longer expects a function
     sphinx_rtd_theme
     mlx.traceability >= 4.3.2
     mlx.warnings >= 5.0.0