diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-exceptions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-exceptions/default.nix
index 8141e1a90165..96f7aaf9ae26 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-exceptions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-exceptions/default.nix
@@ -2,31 +2,32 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
   zope-interface,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zope-exceptions";
-  version = "5.2";
+  version = "6.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zopefoundation";
     repo = "zope.exceptions";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-jbzUUB6ifTfxiGEiyAmsDoDLyRVuZPgIsN8mCNJkv4Q=";
+    hash = "sha256-LLKS/O1sfrHRfEgbb3GO+/hBtIC9CvfNjorqiKTgujo=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools ==" "setuptools >="
+  '';
+
   build-system = [
     setuptools
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    setuptools
     zope-interface
   ];