diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynput/default.nix
index 56a06a1bd47d..5f7ee6f9d481 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynput/default.nix
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pynput";
-  version = "1.7.6";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "1.7.7";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "moses-palmer";
     repo = "pynput";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-gRq4LS9NvPL98N0Jk09Z0GfoHS09o3zM284BEWS+NW4=";
+    hash = "sha256-6PwfFU1f/osEamSX9kxpOl2wDnrQk5qq1kHi2BgSHes=";
   };
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
     rev-prefix = "v";
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "'sphinx >=1.3.1'" ""
+      --replace-fail "'sphinx >=1.3.1'," "" \
+      --replace-fail "'twine >=4.0']" "]"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [