diff --git a/backend/MANIFEST.in b/backend/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e10fcc6..0000000
--- a/backend/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-include LICENSE.txt
-include README.md
-include requirements/base.in
-include requirements/constraints.txt
-recursive-include sample_plugin *.html *.png *.gif *.js *.css *.jpg *.jpeg *.svg
diff --git a/backend/docs/conf.py b/backend/docs/conf.py
index 798bfce..446cb06 100644
--- a/backend/docs/conf.py
+++ b/backend/docs/conf.py
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@ def on_init(app):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         # If we are, assemble the path manually
         bin_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'bin'))
         apidoc_path = os.path.join(bin_path, apidoc_path)
-    check_call([apidoc_path, '-o', docs_path, os.path.join(root_path, 'sample_plugin'),
-                os.path.join(root_path, 'sample_plugin/migrations')])
+    check_call([apidoc_path, '-o', docs_path, os.path.join(root_path, 'src/sample_plugin'),
+                os.path.join(root_path, 'src/sample_plugin/migrations')])
 
 
 def setup(app):
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 96d1c47..7b720df 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "openedx-sample-plugin"
 description = "A sample backend plugin for the Open edX Platform"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
-license="Apache-2.0"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE*"]
 authors = [
     {name = "Open edX Project", email = "oscm@openedx.org"},
 ]
@@ -91,12 +92,14 @@ dev = [
     "edx-i18n-tools",
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = true
+
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 readme = {file = ["README.md"], content-type = "text/markdown" }
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["sample_plugin*"]
-exclude = ["sample_plugin.tests*"]
+where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
 # We use SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION to pull the version from python-semantic-release instead
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/__init__.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/__init__.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/__init__.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/apps.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/apps.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/apps.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/apps.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/conf/locale/config.yaml b/backend/src/sample_plugin/conf/locale/config.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/conf/locale/config.yaml
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/conf/locale/config.yaml
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/migrations/0001_initial.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/migrations/0001_initial.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/migrations/0001_initial.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/migrations/0001_initial.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/migrations/__init__.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/migrations/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/migrations/__init__.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/migrations/__init__.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/models.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/models.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/models.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/models.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/pipeline.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/pipeline.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/pipeline.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/pipeline.py
diff --git a/backend/src/sample_plugin/py.typed b/backend/src/sample_plugin/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/serializers.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/serializers.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/serializers.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/serializers.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/settings/common.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/common.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/settings/common.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/common.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/settings/production.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/production.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/settings/production.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/production.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/settings/test.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/settings/test.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/settings/test.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/signals.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/signals.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/signals.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/signals.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/templates/sample_plugin/base.html b/backend/src/sample_plugin/templates/sample_plugin/base.html
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/templates/sample_plugin/base.html
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/templates/sample_plugin/base.html
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/urls.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/urls.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/urls.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/urls.py
diff --git a/backend/sample_plugin/views.py b/backend/src/sample_plugin/views.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/sample_plugin/views.py
rename to backend/src/sample_plugin/views.py
diff --git a/backend/tox.ini b/backend/tox.ini
index fc3361b..9523b16 100644
--- a/backend/tox.ini
+++ b/backend/tox.ini
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ allowlist_externals =
     touch
 commands =
     touch tests/__init__.py
-    pylint sample_plugin tests test_utils manage.py
+    pylint src/sample_plugin tests test_utils manage.py
     rm tests/__init__.py
-    pycodestyle sample_plugin tests manage.py
-    pydocstyle sample_plugin tests manage.py
-    isort --check-only --diff tests test_utils sample_plugin manage.py test_settings.py
+    pycodestyle src/sample_plugin tests manage.py
+    pydocstyle src/sample_plugin tests manage.py
+    isort --check-only --diff tests test_utils src/sample_plugin manage.py test_settings.py
     make selfcheck
 
 [testenv:pii_check]
diff --git a/tutor/pyproject.toml b/tutor/pyproject.toml
index 00e8877..2852ef6 100644
--- a/tutor/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tutor/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name = "tutor-contrib-sample-plugin"
 description = "Tutor plugin for the Open edX Sample Plugin"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE*"]
 authors = [
     {name = "Open edX Project", email = "oscm@openedx.org"},
 ]