diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-package.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-package.yml
index 306af50..8704fe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-package.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
 
-      - name: Compile translations
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          python babel_runner.py compile
-
       - uses: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package@fe0a0fb1925ca263d076ca4f2c13e93a6e92a33e # v2.17.0
 
   # Upload to real PyPI on GitHub Releases.
diff --git a/babel_runner.py b/babel_runner.py
index 677f6da..f4c8122 100755
--- a/babel_runner.py
+++ b/babel_runner.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import tomllib
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
+
 # Global variables used by pybabel below (paths relative to PROJECT_DIR)
 DOMAIN = "python-docs-theme"
 COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = "Python Software Foundation"
@@ -106,6 +108,11 @@ def compile_catalogs(locale: str) -> None:
     subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=PROJECT_DIR, check=True)
 
 
+class CustomBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
+    def initialize(self, version: str, build_data: dict[str, object]) -> None:
+        compile_catalogs("")
+
+
 def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef39594..897ff85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
-build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 requires = [
-  "flit-core>=3.7",
+  "babel",
+  "hatchling",
 ]
 
 [project]
@@ -36,9 +37,12 @@ urls.Download = "https://pypi.org/project/python-docs-theme/"
 urls.Homepage = "https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/"
 entry-points."sphinx.html_themes".python_docs_theme = "python_docs_theme"
 
-[tool.flit]
-module.name = "python_docs_theme"
-sdist.include = [ "python_docs_theme/" ]
+[tool.hatch]
+build.artifacts = [ "python_docs_theme/locale/**/*.mo" ]
+build.hooks.custom.path = "babel_runner.py"
+build.targets.wheel.packages = [ "python_docs_theme" ]
+build.targets.wheel.exclude = [ "python_docs_theme/locale/**/*.po" ]
+version.path = "python_docs_theme/__init__.py"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 fix = true
diff --git a/python_docs_theme/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/python-docs-theme.po b/python_docs_theme/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/python-docs-theme.po
index 49dddf7..7ec069d 100644
--- a/python_docs_theme/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/python-docs-theme.po
+++ b/python_docs_theme/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/python-docs-theme.po
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # Translators:
 # Cristián Maureira-Fredes, 2025
 #
-#, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: python-docs-theme 2025.5\n"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bb631b5..ea5adbd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # for babel_runner.py
 Babel
+hatchling
 Jinja2