diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+(ns build
+  (:require
+    [clojure.java.io :as io]
+    [clojure.string :as str]
+    [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]))
+
+(def lib 'raven-clj/raven-clj)
+(def version (str/trim (slurp (io/file "resources/raven_clj/version.txt"))))
+(def class-dir "target/classes")
+(def basis (b/create-basis {:project "deps.edn"}))
+(def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
+
+(defn clean [_]
+  (b/delete {:path "target"}))
+
+(defn jar [_]
+  (b/write-pom {:class-dir class-dir
+                :lib       lib
+                :version   version
+                :basis     basis
+                :src-dirs  ["src"]})
+  (b/copy-dir {:src-dirs   ["src" "resources"]
+               :target-dir class-dir})
+  (b/jar {:class-dir class-dir
+          :jar-file  jar-file}))
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
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+++ b/deps.edn
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+{:paths
+ ["src" "resources"]
+
+ :deps
+ {org.clojure/clojure           {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
+  cheshire/cheshire             {:mvn/version "5.11.0"}
+  org.clj-commons/clj-http-lite {:mvn/version "1.0.13"}
+  prone/prone                   {:mvn/version "2021-04-23"}}
+
+ :aliases
+ {;; Run with clj -T:build function-in-build
+  :build {:deps       {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.9.5"}}
+          :ns-default build}
+  :test  {:extra-paths ["test"]
+          :extra-deps  {lambdaisland/kaocha           {:mvn/version "1.87.1366"}
+                        lambdaisland/kaocha-cloverage {:mvn/version "1.1.89"}
+                        lambdaisland/kaocha-junit-xml {:mvn/version "1.17.101"}}
+          :main-opts   ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]}}}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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index 4795b55..0000000
--- a/project.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-(defn- get-version
-  ;; See README for notes on why.
-  "Grab the version for the project."
-  []
-  (require '[clojure.string :as str]
-           '[clojure.java.io :as io])
-  ;; since it is so early in the boot process, it
-  ;; has to be io/file, and not io/resource
-  (str/trim (slurp (io/file "resources/raven_clj/version.txt"))))
-
-(defproject raven-clj (get-version)
-  :description "Sentry clojure client"
-  :url "http://github.com/sethtrain/raven-clj"
-  :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
-            :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.1" :scope "provided"]
-                 [cheshire "5.11.0"]
-                 [org.clj-commons/clj-http-lite "1.0.13"]
-                 [prone "2021-04-23"]])
diff --git a/resources/raven_clj/version.txt b/resources/raven_clj/version.txt
index bd8bf88..1d16151 100644
--- a/resources/raven_clj/version.txt
+++ b/resources/raven_clj/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0-alpha
diff --git a/tests.edn b/tests.edn
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index 0000000..b1a48be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#kaocha/v1
+{}