diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-codeautolink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-codeautolink/default.nix
index c9dcec606fa1..e7defb682db3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-codeautolink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-codeautolink/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, pythonImportsCheckHook
+, setuptools
 # documentation build dependencies
 , sphinxHook
 , sphinx-rtd-theme
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx-codeautolink";
-  version = "0.12.1";
+  version = "0.15.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "felix-hilden";
     repo = "sphinx-codeautolink";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-x81jhYknJ6lsLxR5ZyuYNNz/zt0kto6bNyaeZmPKDIE=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-iXUdOwyTRViDTDRPCcteiJ2Rcdbpiol7JPEzqbUwIPc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pythonImportsCheckHook
+    setuptools
     sphinxHook
     sphinx-rtd-theme
     matplotlib