diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fingerprints/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fingerprints/default.nix
index d056e41fe1e0..a4e3be44b06f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fingerprints/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fingerprints/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , normality
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
+
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fingerprints";
   version = "1.2.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alephdata";
@@ -16,6 +21,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-U2UslCy1OagVTtllCKsEBX4zI/qIczbxs2Cxzy+/Xys=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     normality
   ];
@@ -32,6 +41,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "A library to generate entity fingerprints";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alephdata/fingerprints";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }