diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix
index 9944f2d3d673..ecdcb30b062f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,52 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  emoji,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+  # dependencies
+  emoji,
   networkx,
   numpy,
   peft,
   protobuf,
   requests,
-  six,
-  toml,
   torch,
   tqdm,
   transformers,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "stanza";
   version = "1.11.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stanfordnlp";
     repo = "stanza";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-zY2+8QuPJTX/HSkE/gKMCWpSanKpYSGZeeYgb4eFuuw=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     emoji
     networkx
     numpy
     peft
     protobuf
     requests
-    six
-    toml
     torch
     tqdm
     transformers
   ];
 
-  # Tests require network access
+  # Most tests require resources from the network (models). Many of the ones that do run are slow
+  # and some of them fail.
+  #
+  # Maintaining a list of "tests we can actually run in CI" isn't feasible, there are WAY too many
+  # exceptions and no useful pytest marks.
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "stanza" ];
@@ -49,8 +54,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Official Stanford NLP Python Library for Many Human Languages";
     homepage = "https://github.com/stanfordnlp/stanza/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/stanfordnlp/stanza/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/stanfordnlp/stanza/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ riotbib ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      riotbib
+      Stebalien
+    ];
   };
-}
+})