diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tcolorpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tcolorpy/default.nix
index ab7b6bc198de..f807ca1bf08a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tcolorpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tcolorpy/default.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,29 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tcolorpy";
-  version = "0.1.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.1.6";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "thombashi";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-cCdKeixRfXkvEGBqozMWw2RjliLdzhlMv8GE2Q40LZQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-esucU+So1YKzkuMt6ICCrQ5SzQVv24lh12SE1Jl5Y/w=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tcolorpy" ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {