diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-appconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-appconf/default.nix
index 2715638ed959..4c9712305ea0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-appconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-appconf/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
   django,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   python,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-appconf";
-  version = "1.0.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.0.6";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "django-compressor";
     repo = "django-appconf";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-nS4Hwp/NYg1XGvZO1tiE9mzJA7WFifyvgAjyp3YpqS4=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-H9MwX5LtHkYN6TshP7rRKlX/iOJZHbQVsZeki95yks4=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ django ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     # prove we're running tests against installed package, not build dir
@@ -30,13 +33,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
+
     ${python.interpreter} -m django test --settings=tests.test_settings
+
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "appconf" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Helper class for handling configuration defaults of packaged apps gracefully";
     homepage = "https://django-appconf.readthedocs.org/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/django-compressor/django-appconf/blob/v${version}/docs/changelog.rst";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
   };