diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
index 237f43bc7ef6..c16ba24db3b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,46 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, pyparsing
+, flit-core
+, pretend
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
-, pretend
-, setuptools
 }:
 
 let
   packaging = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "packaging";
-    version = "21.3";
+    version = "23.0";
     format = "pyproject";
 
-    disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+    disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
     src = fetchPypi {
       inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-3UfEKSfYmrkR5gZRiQfMLTofOLvQJjhZcGQ/nFuOz+s=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-tq0pf4kH3g+i/hzL0m/a84f19Hxydf7fjM6J+ZRGz5c=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
-      setuptools
+      flit-core
     ];
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
-
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       pytestCheckHook
       pretend
     ];
 
-    # Prevent circular dependency
+    # Prevent circular dependency with pytest
     doCheck = false;
 
+    pythonImportsCheck = [ "packaging" ];
+
     passthru.tests = packaging.overridePythonAttrs (_: { doCheck = true; });
 
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Core utilities for Python packages";
       homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/packaging";
       license = with licenses; [ bsd2 asl20 ];
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bennofs ];
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bennofs SuperSandro2000 ];
     };
   };
 in