diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
index 176f97275f42..0a3806415bf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,47 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, python3Packages
+, python3
 , nixosTests
+, testers
+, sqlite3-to-mysql
+, fetchPypi
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
+  py = python3.override {
+    packageOverrides = self: super: {
+      # sqlite3-to-mysql is incompatible with versions > 1.4.44 of sqlalchemy
+      sqlalchemy = super.sqlalchemy.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+        version = "1.4.44";
+        format = "setuptools";
+        src = fetchPypi {
+          pname = "SQLAlchemy";
+          inherit version;
+          hash = "sha256-LdpflnGa6Js+wPG3lpjYbrmuyx1U6ZCrs/3ZLAS0apA=";
+        };
+      });
+    };
+    self = py;
+  };
+
+in
+with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "sqlite3-to-mysql";
-  version = "1.4.16";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.4.19";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "techouse";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Fxt1zOyEnBuMkCLCABfijo0514NbFocdsjrQU43qVhY=";
+    hash = "sha256-gtXwDLHl5f1sXLm+b8l08bY/XJkN+zVtd7m45K0CAYY=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     click
     mysql-connector
     pytimeparse
@@ -38,9 +63,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   # run package tests as a separate nixos test
   passthru.tests = {
     nixosTest = nixosTests.sqlite3-to-mysql;
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = sqlite3-to-mysql;
+      command = "sqlite3mysql --version";
+    };
   };
 
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple Python tool to transfer data from SQLite 3 to MySQL";
     homepage = "https://github.com/techouse/sqlite3-to-mysql";