diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-spec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-spec/default.nix
index 1325f6f52d09..73aa1b558a1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-spec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-spec/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  poetry-core,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
   pytest,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-describe,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-spec";
-  version = "3.2.0-unstable-2023-06-04";
+  version = "4.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pchomik";
     repo = "pytest-spec";
-    rev = "e16e0550dd6bc557411e4312b7b42d53b26e69ef";
-    hash = "sha256-dyDUdZJU4E4y1yCzunAX2c48Qv6ogu0b60U/5YbJvIU=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-SOu4ucRcLQSk1YOfNifFDezsB+ZeLXTwbJJ93/3EASk=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i '/addopts/d' setup.cfg
-    # TODO: upstream
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-        --replace-fail "poetry>=0.12" "poetry-core" \
-        --replace-fail "poetry.masonry.api" "poetry.core.masonry.api"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ pytest ];
 
@@ -37,11 +36,10 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     pytest-describe
   ];
 
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--spec" ];
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pytest_spec" ];
 
   meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pchomik/pytest-spec/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.txt";
     description = "Pytest plugin to display test execution output like a SPECIFICATION";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pchomik/pytest-spec";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;