diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
index 6a371db..b7d2c72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-10.15]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-11]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -20,11 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platforms: all
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.0.1
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.8.1
         with:
           output-dir: ./wheelhouse
         env:
-          CIBW_BUILD: "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-*"
-          CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: auto aarch64
           CIBW_PRERELEASE_PYTHONS: True
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: yum install -y libffi-devel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/release-wheels.yml
index 1b4cc71..8122ec0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-wheels.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-10.15]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-11]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platforms: all
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.0.1
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.8.1
         with:
           output-dir: ./wheelhouse
-        env:
-          CIBW_BUILD: "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-*"
-          CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: auto aarch64
-          CIBW_PRERELEASE_PYTHONS: True
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: yum install -y libffi-devel
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d49f77a..87bbea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-10.15]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-11]
         python-version: [ '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: python -m pip install -U setuptools wheel
     - name: Build package
-      run: python setup.py install
+      run: python -m pip install .
     - name: Run tests
       run: python tests/tests.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0d0af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "cffi>=1.5.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel]
+build = "cp3*"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
+archs = ["auto", "aarch64"]
+before-all = """
+set -eux
+# musllinux_*
+if command -v apk; then
+    apk add libffi-dev
+fi
+# manylinux_2_24
+if command -v apt; then
+    apt install libffi-dev
+fi
+# manylinux_*
+if command -v yum; then
+    yum install -y libffi-devel
+fi
+"""
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.macos]
+archs = ["x86_64", "universal2"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2b7a505..7a5d08e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import codecs
+import os
 import re
+import sys
+
+# we have to import setup_cares.py which is in project's root folder
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -40,7 +45,6 @@ def get_version():
           'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
       ],
       cmdclass         = {'build_ext': cares_build_ext},
-      setup_requires   = ['cffi>=1.5.0'],
       install_requires = ['cffi>=1.5.0'],
       extras_require   = {'idna': ['idna >= 2.1']},
       cffi_modules     = ['src/_cffi_src/build_cares.py:ffi'],