diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 1fa4289..3ae90e7 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ source = dbtemplates
 branch = 1
 
 [report]
-omit = *tests*,*migrations*
+omit = *tests*,*/migrations/*,test_*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8eb2414..7150ea4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload packages to Jazzband
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: jazzband
           password: ${{ secrets.JAZZBAND_RELEASE_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d6f9e0e..4151364 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11-dev']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.13']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/dbtemplates/__init__.py b/dbtemplates/__init__.py
index 23b4a18..fe02d11 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/__init__.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+import importlib.metadata
 
-try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution("django-dbtemplates").version
-except DistributionNotFound:
-    # package is not installed
-    __version__ = None
-
-
-default_app_config = 'dbtemplates.apps.DBTemplatesConfig'
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("django-dbtemplates")
diff --git a/dbtemplates/admin.py b/dbtemplates/admin.py
index 1c9095f..f6d65af 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/admin.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/admin.py
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@ import posixpath
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-try:
-    # Django 4.0
-    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-    from django.utils.translation import ngettext
-except ImportError:
-    # Before Django 4.0
-    from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-    from django.utils.translation import ungettext as ngettext
-
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from dbtemplates.conf import settings
@@ -104,6 +97,7 @@ class TemplateAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
 class TemplateAdmin(TemplateModelAdmin):
     form = TemplateAdminForm
+    readonly_fields = ['creation_date', 'last_changed']
     fieldsets = (
         (None, {
             'fields': ('name', 'content'),
diff --git a/dbtemplates/apps.py b/dbtemplates/apps.py
index 21141b3..9f75273 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/apps.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/apps.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
-try:
-    from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class DBTemplatesConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'dbtemplates'
     verbose_name = _('Database templates')
+
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
diff --git a/dbtemplates/migrations/0002_alter_template_creation_date_and_more.py b/dbtemplates/migrations/0002_alter_template_creation_date_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61cb561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbtemplates/migrations/0002_alter_template_creation_date_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1 on 2025-05-26 19:59
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('dbtemplates', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='template',
+            name='creation_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name='creation date'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='template',
+            name='last_changed',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name='last changed'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/dbtemplates/models.py b/dbtemplates/models.py
index f846b2b..aa87dcb 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/models.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/models.py
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 from dbtemplates.conf import settings
-from dbtemplates.utils.cache import (add_template_to_cache,
-                                     remove_cached_template)
+from dbtemplates.utils.cache import (
+    add_template_to_cache,
+    remove_cached_template,
+)
 from dbtemplates.utils.template import get_template_source
+
 from django.contrib.sites.managers import CurrentSiteManager
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import signals
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
-try:
-    # Django >= 4.0
-    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-except ImportError:
-    # Django 3.2
-    from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-
-from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class Template(models.Model):
@@ -22,15 +18,15 @@ class Template(models.Model):
     Defines a template model for use with the database template loader.
     The field ``name`` is the equivalent to the filename of a static template.
     """
+    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True, verbose_name=_('ID'),
+                          serialize=False, auto_created=True)
     name = models.CharField(_('name'), max_length=100,
                             help_text=_("Example: 'flatpages/default.html'"))
     content = models.TextField(_('content'), blank=True)
     sites = models.ManyToManyField(Site, verbose_name=_('sites'),
                                    blank=True)
-    creation_date = models.DateTimeField(_('creation date'),
-                                         default=now)
-    last_changed = models.DateTimeField(_('last changed'),
-                                        default=now)
+    creation_date = models.DateTimeField(_('creation date'), auto_now_add=True)
+    last_changed = models.DateTimeField(_('last changed'), auto_now=True)
 
     objects = models.Manager()
     on_site = CurrentSiteManager('sites')
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ class Template(models.Model):
             pass
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.last_changed = now()
         # If content is empty look for a template with the given name and
         # populate the template instance with its content.
         if settings.DBTEMPLATES_AUTO_POPULATE_CONTENT and not self.content:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 03a3c16..33b3496 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-v4.0 (unreleased)
+v5.0 (unreleased)
+-----------------
+
+.. warning::
+
+  This is a backwards-incompatible release!
+
+* Dropped support for Python 3.7 and Django < 4.2.
+
+* Added support for Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13.
+
+* Django 5.x support
+
+v4.0 (2022-09-3)
 -----------------
 
 .. warning::
diff --git a/docs/overview.txt b/docs/overview.txt
index 99e430e..8bcb816 100644
--- a/docs/overview.txt
+++ b/docs/overview.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Setup
 
 1. Get the source from the `Git repository`_ or install it from the
    Python Package Index by running ``pip install django-dbtemplates``.
-2. Follow the instructions in the INSTALL file
-3. Edit the settings.py of your Django site:
+2. Edit the settings.py of your Django site:
 
    * Add ``dbtemplates`` to the ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting
 
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ Setup
      from the database to be used to override templates in other locations,
      put ``dbtemplates.loader.Loader`` at the beginning of ``loaders``.
 
-4. Sync your database ``python manage.py migrate``
-5. Restart your Django server
+3. Sync your database ``python manage.py migrate``
+4. Restart your Django server
 
 .. _Git repository: https://github.com/jazzband/django-dbtemplates/
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32be57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=61.2",
+    "setuptools_scm",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "django-dbtemplates"
+authors = [{name = "Jannis Leidel", email = "jannis@leidel.info"}]
+description = "Template loader for templates stored in the database"
+readme = "README.rst"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "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",
+    "Framework :: Django",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = ["django-appconf >= 0.4"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://django-dbtemplates.readthedocs.io/"
+Changelog = "https://django-dbtemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html"
+Source = "https://github.com/jazzband/django-dbtemplates"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = false
+include-package-data = false
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages]
+find = {namespaces = false}
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+dbtemplates = [
+    "locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*",
+    "static/dbtemplates/css/*.css",
+    "static/dbtemplates/js/*.js",
+]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index a5516f1..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[build_sphinx]
-source-dir = docs/
-build-dir  = docs/_build
-all_files  = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a43497..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import io
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-def read(*parts):
-    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *parts)
-    with open(filename, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
-        return fp.read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="django-dbtemplates",
-    use_scm_version={"version_scheme": "post-release"},
-    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
-    description="Template loader for templates stored in the database",
-    long_description=read("README.rst"),
-    author="Jannis Leidel",
-    author_email="jannis@leidel.info",
-    url="https://django-dbtemplates.readthedocs.io/",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    zip_safe=False,
-    package_data={
-        "dbtemplates": [
-            "locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*",
-            "static/dbtemplates/css/*.css",
-            "static/dbtemplates/js/*.js",
-        ],
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Web Environment",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Framework :: Django",
-    ],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    install_requires=["django-appconf >= 0.4"],
-)
-
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d0178be..0b09a40 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,41 +1,53 @@
 [tox]
-skipsdist = True
-usedevelop = True
-minversion = 1.8
+minversion = 4.0
 envlist =
     flake8
-    py3{7,8,9,10,11}-dj32
-    py3{8,9,10,11}-dj{40,41,main}
+    py3{8,9,10,11,12}-dj42
+    py3{10,11,12}-dj{50}
+    py3{10,11,12,13}-dj{51,52}
+    py3{12,13}-dj{main}
+    coverage
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.10: py310, flake8
     3.11: py311
+    3.12: py312
+    3.13: py313
 
 [testenv]
+skipsdist = true
+package = editable
 basepython =
-    py37: python3.7
     py38: python3.8
     py39: python3.9
     py310: python3.10
     py311: python3.11
-usedevelop = true
+    py312: python3.12
+    py313: python3.13
 setenv =
     DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = dbtemplates.test_settings
 deps =
     -r requirements/tests.txt
-    dj32: Django<3.3
-    dj40: Django<4.1
-    dj41: Django<4.2
+    dj42: Django>=4.2,<4.3
+    dj50: Django>=5.0,<5.1
+    dj51: Django>=5.1,<5.2
+    dj52: Django>=5.2,<5.3
     djmain: https://github.com/django/django/archive/main.tar.gz#egg=django
 
 commands =
     python --version
-    coverage run {envbindir}/django-admin test -v2 {posargs:dbtemplates}
+    python -c "import django ; print(django.VERSION)"
+    coverage run --branch --parallel-mode {envbindir}/django-admin test -v2 {posargs:dbtemplates}
+
+[testenv:coverage]
+basepython = python3.10
+deps = coverage
+commands =
+    coverage combine
     coverage report
     coverage xml