diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/incremental/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/incremental/default.nix
index db600c27aa1a..e64c5275d5d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/incremental/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/incremental/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,36 @@
 {
-  lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
   click,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  tomli,
   twisted,
 }:
 
 let
   incremental = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "incremental";
-    version = "22.10.0";
-    format = "setuptools";
+    version = "24.7.2";
+    pyproject = true;
 
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      hash = "sha256-kS/uteD34BiOb0IkHS9FAALhG7wJN8ZYZQRYVMJMC9A=";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "twisted";
+      repo = "incremental";
+      rev = "refs/tags/incremental-${version}";
+      hash = "sha256-5MlIKUaBUwLTet23Rjd2Opf5e54LcHuZDowcGon0lOE=";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ click ];
+    # From upstream's pyproject.toml:
+    # "Keep this aligned with the project dependencies."
+    build-system = dependencies;
+
+    dependencies = [ setuptools ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [ tomli ];
+
+    optional-dependencies = {
+      scripts = [ click ];
+    };
 
     # escape infinite recursion with twisted
     doCheck = false;
@@ -36,11 +49,12 @@ let
 
     pythonImportsCheck = [ "incremental" ];
 
-    meta = with lib; {
+    meta = {
+      changelog = "https://github.com/twisted/incremental/blob/${src.rev}/NEWS.rst";
       homepage = "https://github.com/twisted/incremental";
-      description = "Incremental is a small library that versions your Python projects";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ ];
+      description = "Small library that versions your Python projects";
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
     };
   };
 in