diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix
index 896bbe640cc0..2d3f2563ad01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   pytestCheckHook,
   autograd,
   numba,
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "hyppo";
   version = "0.4.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-QRE3oSxTEobTQ/7DzCAUOdjzIZmWUn9bgPmJWj6JuZg=";
   };
 
+  # some of the doctests (4/21) are broken, e.g. unbound variables, nondeterministic with insufficient tolerance, etc.
+  # (note upstream's .circleci/config.yml only tests test_*.py files despite their pytest.ini adding --doctest-modules)
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini --replace-fail "addopts = --doctest-modules" ""
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     autograd
     numba
@@ -40,15 +49,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     matplotlib
     seaborn
   ];
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    "docs"
-    "benchmarks"
-    "examples"
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "hyppo"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/neurodata/hyppo";
     description = "Python package for multivariate hypothesis testing";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/neurodata/hyppo/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
   };