diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwclient/default.nix
index 9603f172bc76..1cfdc81a741a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwclient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwclient/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatchling,
   mock,
+  nix-update-script,
   pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   requests,
@@ -11,24 +13,28 @@
   six,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.11.0";
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  version = "0.11.0-unstable-2026-05-15";
   pname = "mwclient";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mwclient";
     repo = "mwclient";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-qnWVQEG1Ri0z4RYmmG/fxYrlIFFf/6PnP5Dnv0cZb5I=";
+    rev = "87113730b1f41d8160057621bfd90ad88428f602";
+    hash = "sha256-R2erz4oo6111haxlc9zhpgWhihFjMT2Mg/kdWERzcp4=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     requests
     requests-oauthlib
     six
   ];
 
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     mock
     pytest-cov-stub
@@ -38,10 +44,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mwclient" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Python client library to the MediaWiki API";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient";
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.klea ];
   };
-}
+})