diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-issues/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-issues/default.nix
index c56115ae1de9..fb2b81409688 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-issues/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-issues/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,35 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  sphinx,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  flit-core,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  sphinx,
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx-issues";
-  version = "3.0.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "5.0.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sloria";
     repo = "sphinx-issues";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1lns6isq9kwcw8z4jwgy927f7idx9srvri5adaa5zmypw5x47hha";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-/nc5gtZbE1ziMPWIkZTkevMfVkNtJYL/b5QLDeMhzUs=";
   };
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sphinx_issues" ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_sphinx_issues.py \
+      --replace-fail 'Path(sys.executable).parent.joinpath("sphinx-build")' '"${lib.getExe' sphinx "sphinx-build"}"'
+  '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
+  build-system = [ flit-core ];
+
+  dependencies = [ sphinx ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sphinx_issues" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sloria/sphinx-issues";