diff --git a/packages/googleapis-common-protos/pyproject.toml b/packages/googleapis-common-protos/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfeab084b838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/googleapis-common-protos/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "googleapis-common-protos"
+version = "1.68.0"
+authors = [{ name = "Google LLC", email = "googleapis-packages@google.com" }]
+license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
+requires-python = ">= 3.7"
+readme = "README.rst"
+description = "Common protobufs used in Google APIs"
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Topic :: Internet",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "protobuf >= 3.20.2, < 6.0.0.dev0, != 4.21.1, != 4.21.2, != 4.21.3, != 4.21.4, != 4.21.5",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Repository = "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/googleapis-common-protos"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+grpc = ["grpcio >= 1.44.0, < 2.0.0.dev0"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["tests*", "testing*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"*" = ["*.proto"]
diff --git a/packages/googleapis-common-protos/setup.py b/packages/googleapis-common-protos/setup.py
index ab76dea032ec..2ec82e15d8b8 100644
--- a/packages/googleapis-common-protos/setup.py
+++ b/packages/googleapis-common-protos/setup.py
@@ -12,65 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import io
-import os
-
 import setuptools
-from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
-
-name = "googleapis-common-protos"
-description = "Common protobufs used in Google APIs"
-version = "1.68.0"
-release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
-dependencies = [
-    "protobuf>=3.20.2,<6.0.0.dev0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
-]
-
-extras = {"grpc": ["grpcio >= 1.44.0, <2.0.0.dev0"]}
-url = "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/googleapis-common-protos"
-
-package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-readme_filename = os.path.join(package_root, "README.rst")
-with io.open(readme_filename, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
-    readme = readme_file.read()
 
-packages = [
-    package
-    for package in setuptools.find_namespace_packages(exclude=("tests*", "testing*"))
-    if package.startswith("google")
-]
 
-setuptools.setup(
-    name=name,
-    version=version,
-    description=description,
-    long_description=readme,
-    author="Google LLC",
-    author_email="googleapis-packages@google.com",
-    license="Apache 2.0",
-    url=url,
-    classifiers=[
-        release_status,
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Topic :: Internet",
-    ],
-    platforms="Posix; MacOS X; Windows",
-    packages=packages,
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    install_requires=dependencies,
-    extras_require=extras,
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-)
+setuptools.setup()