diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
index 9105fbd40612..1ceeecafb638 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
@@ -20,18 +20,27 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fastparquet";
-  version = "2023.7.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "2024.2.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dask";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-pJ0zK0upEV7TyuNMIcozugkwBlYpK/Dg6BdB0kBpn9k=";
+    repo = "fastparquet";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-e0gnC/HMYdrYdEwy6qNOD1J52xgN2x81oCG03YNsYjg=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail '"pytest-runner"' ""
+
+    sed -i \
+      -e "/pytest-runner/d" \
+      -e '/"git", "status"/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cython
     oldest-supported-numpy
@@ -40,15 +49,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     wheel
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace '"pytest-runner"' ""
-
-    sed -i \
-      -e "/pytest-runner/d" \
-      -e '/"git", "status"/d' setup.py
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     cramjam
     fsspec
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A python implementation of the parquet format";
+    description = "Implementation of the parquet format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dask/fastparquet";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];