diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicom2nifti/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicom2nifti/default.nix
index e2d8c01e9874..0e12fe09c775 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicom2nifti/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicom2nifti/default.nix
@@ -14,33 +14,36 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dicom2nifti";
-  version = "2.4.8";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.4.11";
+  pyproject = true;
+
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   # no tests in PyPI dist
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "icometrix";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-2Pspxdeu3pHwXpbjS6bQQnvdeMuITRwYarPuLlmNcv8";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-/JauQZcCQDl1ukcSE3YPbf1SyhVxDNJUlqnFwdlwYQY=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gdcm
     nibabel
     numpy
     pydicom
     scipy
-    setuptools
   ];
 
   # python-gdcm just builds the python interface provided by the "gdcm" package, so
   # we should be able to replace "python-gdcm" with "gdcm" but this doesn't work
   # (similar to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/84774)
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "python-gdcm" ""
-    substituteInPlace tests/test_generic.py --replace "from common" "from dicom2nifti.common"
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail "python-gdcm" ""
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_generic.py --replace-fail "from common" "from dicom2nifti.common"
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_ge.py --replace-fail "import convert_generic" "import dicom2nifti.convert_generic as convert_generic"
   '';
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];