diff --git a/build-backend/pex_build/hatchling/metadata_hook.py b/build-backend/pex_build/hatchling/metadata_hook.py
index 196f9d4d4..aec544ebe 100644
--- a/build-backend/pex_build/hatchling/metadata_hook.py
+++ b/build-backend/pex_build/hatchling/metadata_hook.py
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ def update(self, metadata):
                 file=sys.stderr,
             )
             metadata["requires-python"] = requires_python
+        else:
+            metadata["requires-python"] = ">=2.7,<3.13,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*"
+
+        metadata["urls"] = {
+            "Changelog": "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/blob/v{pex_version}/CHANGES.md",
+            "Documentation": "https://docs.pex-tool.org/",
+            "Download": "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/releases/download/v{pex_version}/pex",
+            "Homepage": "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex",
+            "Source": "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/tree/v{pex_version}",
+        }
 
         expand = self.config.get("expand")
         if expand:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 067643519..64b0aba5c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
 # entry point metadata so the hook is discovered.
 backend-path = ["build-backend"]
 build-backend = "pex_build.hatchling.build"
-
-# The hatchling 1.22.0 release breaks our build in several ways:
-# + Our console scripts are no longer generated.
-# + The `project.readme` pyproject.toml key now has its value hydrated before our metadata plugin
-#   runs, which foils our metadata expansion since our README.rst contains inadvertant expansion
-#   tokens.
-# This pin low buys time to work through the issues.
-requires = ["hatchling<1.22.0"]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
 
 [tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.pex-adjust-metadata]
 expand = {"pex_version" = "version"}
@@ -22,8 +15,7 @@ expand = {"pex_version" = "version"}
 
 [project]
 name = "pex"
-dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=2.7,<3.13,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*"
+dynamic = ["version", "requires-python", "urls"]
 authors = [
   {name = "The PEX developers", email="developers@pex-tool.org"}
 ]
@@ -71,13 +63,6 @@ pex-tools = "pex.tools.main:main"
 [project.entry-points."distutils.commands"]
 bdist_pex = "pex.distutils.commands.bdist_pex:bdist_pex"
 
-[project.urls]
-Changelog = "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/blob/v{pex_version}/CHANGES.md"
-Documentation = "https://docs.pex-tool.org/"
-Download = "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/releases/download/v{pex_version}/pex"
-Homepage = "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex"
-Source = "https://github.com/pex-tool/pex/tree/v{pex_version}"
-
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "pex/version.py"
 pattern = '__version__ = "(?P<version>[^"]+)"'