diff --git a/examples/plugins/pyproject.toml b/examples/plugins/pyproject.toml
index 5512d23c24..126126bf99 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/plugins/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[build-system]
+# Using hatchling as build backend because EPEL9 setuptools (53.0.0) does not build with PEP517 properly
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
 [project]
 name = "demo-plugins"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -5,10 +10,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "tmt",
     ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-py-modules = [
-    "discover",
-    "provision",
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = [
+    "discover.py",
+    "provision.py",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."tmt.plugin"]