diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
index 30693abfd054..722f5b17a8f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   h5py,
   pytestCheckHook,
   netcdf4,
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "h5netcdf";
-  version = "1.4.1";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-fIQBq4B/83yXmO3JDZlGdZWJLmxUGl1avrj1OqtTNf4=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "h5netcdf";
+    repo = "h5netcdf";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-fhLL8/XgYQmdHckh5xhYvnlc+MTIc2wcTOZaohFFGlk=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     setuptools
     setuptools-scm
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ h5py ];
+  dependencies = [ h5py ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "h5netcdf" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "netCDF4 via h5py";
+    description = "Pythonic interface to netCDF4 via h5py";
     homepage = "https://github.com/shoyer/h5netcdf";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/h5netcdf/h5netcdf/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/h5netcdf/h5netcdf/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };