diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/alibuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/alibuild/default.nix
index ff502781d317..d9315f52f68c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/alibuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/alibuild/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 {
   lib,
-  python,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchPypi,
 }:
 
-python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "alibuild";
-  version = "1.11.2";
+  version = "1.17.18";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-wq2H2inUf2CjPD45krCNdjw2s4FXsEDlfOHqW8VaVKg=";
+    hash = "sha256-771XCMYNJsQzD7rb/7q5rheeIL8X2bvMWwLkA40CJ9Y=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = false;
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ pip ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     requests
     pyyaml
     boto3
@@ -22,10 +29,14 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     distro
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "boto3" ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://alisw.github.io/alibuild/";
     description = "Build tool for ALICE experiment software";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ktf ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ktf ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b03ffcc2e61f..b3fa34e71acb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19438,9 +19438,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   openbsd = callPackage ../os-specific/bsd/openbsd { };
 
-  alibuild = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/alibuild {
-    python = python3;
-  };
+  alibuild = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/alibuild { };
 
   bcompare = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/version-management/bcompare { };