diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 15afff5..f5c6cd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
+          - "3.11"
+          - "3.12"
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1607d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Cong Wang <cwang@renci.org> <cwang@aw-sdx-lc-1.renci.org>
+Cong Wang <cwang@renci.org> <cong@Cs-MacBook-Air.attlocal.net>
+Cong Wang <cwang@renci.org> <cwang@rciadmins-MBP.attlocal.net>
+Italo Valcy <italo@ampath.net> <italovalcy@gmail.com>
+Sajith Sasidharan <sajith@hcoop.net> <sajith@renci.org>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3acaece..5d57945 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools >= 61.0",
-]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["flit_core >=3.2,<4"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
 name = "sdx-lc"
+version = "3.0.0.dev0"
 description = "AtlanticWave-SDX project's local controller"
-version = "2.0.0"
 authors = [
     { name = "Yufeng Xin", email = "yxin@renci.org" },
     { name = "Cong Wang", email = "cwang@renci.org" },
     { name = "Sajith Sasidharan", email = "sajith@renci.org" },
+    { name = "Italo Valcy", email = "italo@ampath.net" },    
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",