diff --git a/setup.cfg b/.flake8
similarity index 58%
rename from setup.cfg
rename to .flake8
index 6d9380431..e64f3cfc6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-[versioneer]
-VCS = git
-style = pep440-pre
-versionfile_source = bottleneck/_version.py
-versionfile_build = bottleneck/_version.py
-tag_prefix = v
-parentdir_prefix = bottleneck-
-
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
 ignore = \
@@ -22,12 +14,3 @@ exclude = \
     .eggs
     .tox
     build
-
-[tool:pytest]
-norecursedirs =
-    .*
-    build
-    dist
-    *.egg
-    venv
-    env
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 272d59d60..29a8b152b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=77.0.1",
-    "versioneer", 
+    "versioneer>=0.29", 
+    "versioneer[toml] ; python_version < '3.11'", 
     # Comments on numpy build requirement range:
     #
     #   1. >=2.0.x is the numpy requirement for wheel builds for distribution
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ zip-safe = false
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 namespaces = false
 
+[tool.versioneer]
+VCS = "git"
+style = "pep440-pre"
+versionfile_source = "bottleneck/_version.py"
+versionfile_build = "bottleneck/_version.py"
+tag_prefix = "v"
+parentdir_prefix = "bottleneck-"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "-l"
 filterwarnings = ["error"]