diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd90ffda4..652229ac8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,23 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
   "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",
 ]
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = [
+  "pydantic~=1.10.13",
+  "aiohttp~=3.8.6",
+  "aiodns~=3.1.0",
+  "alembic~=1.7.6",
+  "setproctitle~=1.3.3",
+  "pyyaml~=6.0.1",
+  "aleph-message~=0.4.0",
+  "jwskate~=0.8.0",
+  "eth-account~=0.9.0",
+  "sentry-sdk~=1.31.0",
+  "aioredis~=1.3.1",
+  "psutil~=5.9.5",
+  "py-cpuinfo~=9.0.0",
+  "schedule~=1.2.1",
+  "nftables @ git+https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-netfilter-team/pkg-nftables#egg=nftables&subdirectory=py",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://docs.aleph.im/nodes/compute/"
@@ -37,23 +53,15 @@ aleph-vm = "aleph.vm.orchestrator.cli:main"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["src/aleph"]
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
+
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 platforms = ["linux"]
 dependencies = [
-  "pydantic~=1.10.13",
-  "aiohttp~=3.8.6",
-  "aiodns~=3.1.0",
-  "alembic~=1.7.6",
-  "setproctitle~=1.3.3",
-  "pyyaml~=6.0.1",
-  "aleph-message~=0.4.0",
-  "jwskate~=0.8.0",
-  "eth-account~=0.9.0",
-  "sentry-sdk~=1.31.0",
-  "aioredis~=1.3.1",
-  "psutil~=5.9.5",
-  "py-cpuinfo~=9.0.0",
-  "schedule~=1.2.1",
 #  "git+https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-netfilter-team/pkg-nftables#egg=nftables&subdirectory=py",
 ]