diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 75adfed57f43..b31be7f4a057 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ---
 "CI: Run cibuildwheel":
   - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: ['.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml']
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - '.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml'
+          - 'pyproject.toml'
 "CI: Run cygwin":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file: ['.github/workflows/cygwin.yml']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml b/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
index fececb0dfc40..abee3907b70a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
@@ -94,31 +94,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: build_sdist
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }} for ${{ matrix.cibw_archs }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    env:
-      CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: >-
-        rm -rf {package}/build
-      CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS: >-
-        pip install delvewheel &&
-        rm -rf {package}/build
-      CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_WINDOWS: >-
-        delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}
-      CIBW_AFTER_BUILD: >-
-        twine check {wheel} &&
-        python {package}/ci/check_wheel_licenses.py {wheel}
-      # On Windows, we explicitly request MSVC compilers (as GitHub Action runners have
-      # MinGW on PATH that would be picked otherwise), switch to a static build for
-      # runtimes, but use dynamic linking for `VCRUNTIME140.dll`, `VCRUNTIME140_1.dll`,
-      # and the UCRT. This avoids requiring specific versions of `MSVCP140.dll`, while
-      # keeping shared state with the rest of the Python process/extensions.
-      CIBW_CONFIG_SETTINGS_WINDOWS: >-
-        setup-args="--vsenv"
-        setup-args="-Db_vscrt=mt"
-        setup-args="-Dcpp_link_args=['ucrt.lib','vcruntime.lib','/nodefaultlib:libucrt.lib','/nodefaultlib:libvcruntime.lib']"
-      CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
-      CIBW_SKIP: "*-musllinux_aarch64"
-      CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >-
-        python {package}/ci/check_version_number.py
-      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.12"
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -148,11 +123,6 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp314-* cp314t-*"
           CIBW_ENABLE: "cpython-freethreading cpython-prerelease"
           CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.cibw_archs }}
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux_2_28
-          CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: >-
-            python -m pip install
-            --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple
-            --upgrade --pre --only-binary=:all: contourpy numpy pillow
 
       - name: Build wheels for CPython 3.13
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@5f22145df44122af0f5a201f93cf0207171beca7  # v3.0.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b980e512769a..8f9654ad8b96 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,6 +86,47 @@ local_scheme = "node-and-date"
 parentdir_prefix_version = "matplotlib-"
 fallback_version = "0.0+UNKNOWN"
 
+[tool.cibuildwheel]
+skip = "*-musllinux_aarch64"
+manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux2014"
+
+before-build = "rm -rf {package}/build"
+test-command = [
+    # "python {package}/ci/check_wheel_licenses.py {wheel}",
+    "python {package}/ci/check_version_number.py",
+]
+test-environment = "PIP_PREFER_BINARY=true"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.macos.environment]
+MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "10.12"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
+before-build = [
+    "pip install delvewheel",
+    "rm -rf {package}/build",
+]
+repair-wheel-command = "delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows.config-settings]
+# On Windows, we explicitly request MSVC compilers (as GitHub Action runners have
+# MinGW on PATH that would be picked otherwise), switch to a static build for
+# runtimes, but use dynamic linking for `VCRUNTIME140.dll`, `VCRUNTIME140_1.dll`,
+# and the UCRT. This avoids requiring specific versions of `MSVCP140.dll`, while
+# keeping shared state with the rest of the Python process/extensions.
+setup-args = [
+    "--vsenv",
+    "-Db_vscrt=mt",
+    "-Dcpp_link_args=['ucrt.lib','vcruntime.lib','/nodefaultlib:libucrt.lib','/nodefaultlib:libvcruntime.lib']",
+]
+
+[[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
+select = "cp314*"
+manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
+before-test = """
+    python -m pip install \
+        --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple \
+        --upgrade --pre --only-binary=:all: contourpy numpy pillow"""
+
 [tool.isort]
 known_pydata = "numpy, matplotlib.pyplot"
 known_firstparty = "matplotlib,mpl_toolkits"