diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09605e95ab844..145079ed7587e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ install-s3: venv     ## Install dependencies for the localstack runtime for s3-o
 
 install: install-dev entrypoints  ## Install full dependencies into venv
 
-entrypoints:              ## Run setup.py develop to build entry points
-	$(VENV_RUN); python setup.py plugins egg_info
+entrypoints:              ## Run plux to build entry points
+	$(VENV_RUN); python -m plux entrypoints
 	@# make sure that the entrypoints were correctly created and are non-empty
 	@test -s localstack_core.egg-info/entry_points.txt || (echo "Entrypoints were not correctly created! Aborting!" && exit 1)
 
diff --git a/localstack/cli/plugin.py b/localstack/cli/plugin.py
index eb9c425f71965..f9af88474a6d5 100644
--- a/localstack/cli/plugin.py
+++ b/localstack/cli/plugin.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 
 import click
-from plugin import Plugin, PluginManager
+from plux import Plugin, PluginManager
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/localstack/cli/plugins.py b/localstack/cli/plugins.py
index aa81bca7ec8e9..c63588161d304 100644
--- a/localstack/cli/plugins.py
+++ b/localstack/cli/plugins.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import time
 
 import click
-from plugin import PluginManager
-from plugin.entrypoint import find_plugins, spec_to_entry_point
+from plux import PluginManager
+from plux.build.setuptools import find_plugins
+from plux.core.entrypoint import spec_to_entry_point
 from rich import print as rprint
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.table import Table
diff --git a/localstack/extensions/api/extension.py b/localstack/extensions/api/extension.py
index 96e7c40f74b6c..080735c4ae3a3 100644
--- a/localstack/extensions/api/extension.py
+++ b/localstack/extensions/api/extension.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from plugin import Plugin
+from plux import Plugin
 
 from .aws import CompositeExceptionHandler, CompositeHandler, CompositeResponseHandler
 from .http import RouteHandler, Router
diff --git a/localstack/packages/api.py b/localstack/packages/api.py
index 53b51166dc568..26df1942f5bac 100644
--- a/localstack/packages/api.py
+++ b/localstack/packages/api.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from threading import RLock
 from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
-from plugin import Plugin, PluginManager, PluginSpec
+from plux import Plugin, PluginManager, PluginSpec
 
 from localstack import config
 
diff --git a/localstack/runtime/hooks.py b/localstack/runtime/hooks.py
index 749673e2ee698..9b5a8b575bb04 100644
--- a/localstack/runtime/hooks.py
+++ b/localstack/runtime/hooks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import functools
 
-from plugin import PluginManager, plugin
+from plux import PluginManager, plugin
 
 # plugin namespace constants
 HOOKS_CONFIGURE_LOCALSTACK_CONTAINER = "localstack.hooks.configure_localstack_container"
diff --git a/localstack/services/cloudformation/resource_provider.py b/localstack/services/cloudformation/resource_provider.py
index d2d83876db5b1..c75993d175f25 100644
--- a/localstack/services/cloudformation/resource_provider.py
+++ b/localstack/services/cloudformation/resource_provider.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import botocore
 from botocore.exceptions import UnknownServiceError
-from plugin import Plugin, PluginManager
+from plux import Plugin, PluginManager
 
 from localstack import config
 from localstack.aws.connect import ServiceLevelClientFactory, connect_to
diff --git a/localstack/services/internal.py b/localstack/services/internal.py
index 91f71c8acb904..010c5b35a2ddb 100644
--- a/localstack/services/internal.py
+++ b/localstack/services/internal.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class PluginsResource:
     """
 
     def on_get(self, request):
-        from plugin import PluginManager
+        from plux import PluginManager
 
         from localstack.runtime import hooks
         from localstack.services.plugins import SERVICE_PLUGINS
diff --git a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/plugins.py b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/plugins.py
index 396974f8697ae..0941b4118a957 100644
--- a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/plugins.py
+++ b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/plugins.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from plugin import Plugin
+from plux import Plugin
 
 
 class RuntimeExecutorPlugin(Plugin):
diff --git a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/runtime_executor.py b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/runtime_executor.py
index 91d9f85cbdb8b..d8fb5c85b1c5d 100644
--- a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/runtime_executor.py
+++ b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/runtime_executor.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Type
 
-from plugin import PluginManager
+from plux import PluginManager
 
 from localstack import config
 from localstack.services.lambda_.invocation.lambda_models import FunctionVersion, InvocationResult
diff --git a/localstack/services/plugins.py b/localstack/services/plugins.py
index eebdb6ef8b6f8..8b6a9d5315b6c 100644
--- a/localstack/services/plugins.py
+++ b/localstack/services/plugins.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, Tuple
 
-from plugin import Plugin, PluginLifecycleListener, PluginManager, PluginSpec
+from plux import Plugin, PluginLifecycleListener, PluginManager, PluginSpec
 
 from localstack import config
 from localstack.aws.skeleton import DispatchTable, Skeleton
diff --git a/localstack/state/snapshot.py b/localstack/state/snapshot.py
index a3e7155f8ef9e..9f936fb280dda 100644
--- a/localstack/state/snapshot.py
+++ b/localstack/state/snapshot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from plugin import Plugin
+from plux import Plugin
 
 from .core import StateVisitor
 
diff --git a/localstack/utils/bootstrap.py b/localstack/utils/bootstrap.py
index 3fb365e4b1f73..25ceb446a7d9c 100644
--- a/localstack/utils/bootstrap.py
+++ b/localstack/utils/bootstrap.py
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ def configure_container(container: Container):
     else:
         container.config.additional_flags = f"{container.config.additional_flags} {user_flags}"
 
-    # get additional parameters from plugins
+    # get additional parameters from plux
     hooks.configure_localstack_container.run(container)
 
     if config.DEVELOP:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f36e89d419468..e7f6425ff1d26 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LocalStack project configuration
 [build-system]
-requires = ['setuptools', 'wheel', 'plux>=1.3.1']
+requires = ['setuptools', 'wheel', 'plux>=1.7']
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8291371a786f5..263e3b57d6c58 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_requires =
     dill==0.3.6
     dnslib>=0.9.10
     dnspython>=1.16.0
-    plux>=1.3.1
+    plux>=1.7
     psutil>=5.4.8
     python-dotenv>=0.19.1
     pyyaml>=5.1