diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyprecice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyprecice/default.nix
index 01b60f0e6ceb..574a91cc8e6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyprecice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyprecice/default.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
   # build-system
   cython,
-  pip,
   pkgconfig,
   setuptools,
+  setuptools-git-versioning,
 
   # dependencies
   mpi4py,
@@ -17,38 +17,38 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyprecice";
-  version = "3.2.1";
+  version = "3.3.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "precice";
     repo = "python-bindings";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8AM2wbPX54UaMO4MzLOV0TljLTAPOqR9gUbtT2McNjs=";
+    hash = "sha256-NkTrMZ7UKB5O2jIlhLhgkOm8ZeWJA1FoursA1df7XOk=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "setuptools>=61,<72" "setuptools"
-  '';
-
   build-system = [
     cython
-    pip
     pkgconfig
     setuptools
+    setuptools-git-versioning
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
     numpy
     mpi4py
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
     precice
   ];
 
-  # Disable Test because everything depends on open mpi which requires network
+  # no official test instruction
   doCheck = false;
 
-  # Do not use pythonImportsCheck because this will also initialize mpi which requires a network interface
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "precice"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Python language bindings for preCICE";