diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
index 569ce11033cb..2ed3307f26a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pythonOlder
-
-# propgatedBuildInputs
 , adal
+, buildPythonPackage
 , certifi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , google-auth
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
 , python-dateutil
+, pythonOlder
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , pyyaml
 , requests
 , requests-oauthlib
@@ -16,16 +17,12 @@
 , six
 , urllib3
 , websocket-client
-
-# tests
-, pytestCheckHook
-, mock
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "kubernetes";
   version = "28.1.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -36,20 +33,33 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-NKrxv5a5gkgpNG7yViTKYBYnU249taWl6fkPJa7/Rzo=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    adal
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "urllib3"
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     certifi
     google-auth
     python-dateutil
     pyyaml
     requests
     requests-oauthlib
-    setuptools
     six
     urllib3
     websocket-client
   ];
 
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    adal = [
+      adal
+    ];
+  };
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "kubernetes"
   ];
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     mock
     pytestCheckHook
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.flatten (builtins.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
 
   disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     # AssertionError: <class 'urllib3.poolmanager.ProxyManager'> != <class 'urllib3.poolmanager.Poolmanager'>