diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index 5b9b380..e924093 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
+        python-version: 3.12
     - name: Download source distribution
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -268,11 +268,11 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/
         merge-multiple: true
     - name: Extract package version
-      run: "echo PKGVER=$(python setup.py --version) >> $GITHUB_ENV"
+      run: "echo PKGVER=$( grep 'version =' pyproject.toml | cut -d\\\" -f2 ) >> $GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Compute SHA256 of source distribution
       run: "echo SHA256=$(sha256sum dist/pyhmmer-${{ env.PKGVER }}.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d' ') >> $GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Generate PKGBUILD
-      run: 'sed -e "s/%pkgver/${{ env.PKGVER }}/g" -e "s/%sha256sum/${{ env.SHA256 }}/g" pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in > pkg/aur/PKGBUILD'
+      run: 'sed -e "s/%pkgver/${{ github.ref }}/g" -e "s/%sha256sum/${{ env.SHA256 }}/g" pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in > pkg/aur/PKGBUILD'
     - name: Update package
       uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@v2.7.2
       with:
diff --git a/pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in b/pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in
index d28c5be..299733c 100644
--- a/pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in
+++ b/pkg/aur/PKGBUILD.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkgdesc="Cython bindings and Python interface to HMMER3"
 url="https://github.com/althonos/pyhmmer"
 arch=('i686' 'pentium4' 'x86_64' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 license=("MIT")
-makedepends=('python-setuptools' 'cython' 'python-build' 'python-installer')
+makedepends=('cython' 'python-build' 'python-installer')
 depends=('python' 'python-psutil')
 source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_name::1}/$_name/$_name-$pkgver.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=(%sha256sum)